Mercedes-Benz-Blog TRIVIA: March 1981: world premiere of the airbag and belt tensioner

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE- Following its premiere in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the airbag became standard equipment in all the brand’s passenger cars just a few years later- 15 years of development work went into these milestones in vehicle safetyStuttgart, Germany, Fen 07, 2011 – In 1981 Mercedes-Benz was the world’s first automobile manufacturer to present the airbag and belt tensioner as