Do you know who initiated the development of ESP? Mercedes could have done so, and then turned to Bosch for assistance. I'm pretty sure it was an MB Idea.
It's the same for a lot of technologies fitted to cars, sometimes the development would be initiated by the suppliers, and sometimes by the manufacturers themselves. Whoever is leading the development or whoever has a suitable model launch on which the new technology can be premiered is then usually considered the inventor. But make no mistake, a lot of technology research is actually initiated by MB. It explains why MB was so far ahead of the pack with radar cruise control and BMW and AUDI are yet to come up with an answer to Pre-safe.
P.s Yannis, I love how you’ve mastered the art of discrediting other manufacturers by dropping little remarks in threads in an oh so politically correct and non confrontational manner.
Kudos!
