Mercedes-Benz C-Class wins top safety rating in US

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is tested by the IIHS.

Published by Ryan Bubear on October 3, 2016

The latest version of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class has been around for a while now, but the folks over at the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) in the United States have only just crash-tested it.

The result? The German sedan earns the Top Safety Pick+ rating, despite returning a poor score in the headlight test (due to “excessive low-beam glare”).

The video shows that the vehicle’s structure stood up rather well to the punishing tests, with the IIHS reporting a “maximum intrusion” into the occupant compartment of just 10 cm.

The C-Class, of course, scored five stars in its Euro NCAP test back in 2014.

Watch the IIHS small overlap crash-test below…

Article written by Ryan Bubear

Ryan has spent most of his career in online media, writing about everything from sport to politics and other forms of crime. But his true passion – reignited by a 1971 Austin Mini Mk3 still tucked lifeless in a dark corner of his garage – is of the automotive variety.

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