Your Safety Ensured
You would entrust yourself and your possessions without qualms to a house with firm foundations. In a car too, safety measures are of special importance. Following the basic principle, "safety first," Mercedes-Benz engineers developed as the the stable foundation of their cars the combined frame-floor unit which has proved its worth a thousand times over. The enclosed and reinforced all-steel structure of the frame-floor unit gives the car its extreme rigidity and complete protection to the passengers. The frame-floor unit extends over the whole length and width of the car. Welded onto the body to form a self-supporting seamless whole, this extremely strong substructure is a guarantee of absolute security.
A series of special designs combine to ensure the proverbial roadholding quality and outstanding features of all Mercedes-Benz cars.

1. Frame-floor unit.
2. Independent front-wheel suspension with coil springs, telescopic shock absorbers and torsion bar stabilizer guarantee stability on bends and excellent resilience. The sub-frame makes for better driving and steering and facilitates the servicing of the engine.
3. Steering is child's play, thanks to the Mercedes-Benz self-adjusting recirculating ball-type steering with its shock absorber.
4. With the Mercedes-Benz swing axle with low pivot point you are not dependent on road conditions at any speed.

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