Official from MB Web Site

["Rusty A. Schlacke" <oxide@worldnet.att.net>]

Not to belabor the point, but this was on the MB web site concerning the
recent happenings.  


Support offered in Paris

                  Stuttgart, September 1st

     The Daimler-Benz Group offered to assist Paris
     police on Sunday by providing a team of experts to
     help investigate the accident that claimed the lives
     of Princess Diana, Dodi al-Fayed and their driver.
     Contrary to previous reports, the vehicle involved
     in the accident was not an S600, but an S280.
     However, the safety concept in both vehicles is
     identical. 

     At present, Daimler-Benz only has access to
     information from the media, which is why a
     statement pertaining to the accident is not
     possible at this time. Irrespective of this, safety
     experts classify this type of accident, i.e. a head-on
     collision with an immovable obstruction at high
     speed, as "catastrophic". According to all
     currently available information, that appears to be
     what happened in this case because the media is
     reporting that the vehicle was traveling at
     extremely high speed. An accident of this type
     releases immense forces of inertia which are
     several times higher than the design limits for all
     vehicles or mandatory safety guidelines around
     the world. 


Rusty A. Schlacke
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
'95 A6 quattro (5 speed)