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A little while back, we brought you a story about the new Mercedes S-Class failing a crash test on the Germany's Star TV. If you didn't read our story, you can find it - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

It turns out, the entire test was a hoax... well, sort of.

Before the test was conducted, Mercedes alerted Star TV that the Brake Assist Plus feature wouldn't function correctly in their testing hall, and recommended they not conduct the test at all.

However, Michael Specht, a MotorBild journalist covering the story, decided to run the story anyways. Specht, along with the Mercedes engineers, devised a plan to "simulate" the Brake Assist Plus feature by manually applying braking pressure on the fog-induced track.

Because of the low visibility, a board was placed over the track so that Specht would know the correct time to brake the vehicle. Unfortunately, the plan failed - due to the S-Class' plush suspension, Specht didn't feel when he passed over the board, and proceeded to then collide into the vehicle ahead of him.

I'll give you one guess what happened to poor little Michael Specht. This morning it was announced that Michael was fired from his position at MotorBild.

I have a feeling some Mercedes engineers might be a little nervous as well. See kids, it never pays to lie.

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thanks emercedesbenz.com

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Yaz AMG

This is the proper way to test Distronic Plus and Brake Assist Plus

gustavo

already discussed here

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yomomwhat

well said yaz! lol! i hope top gear test it ha! it will be funny! any of you who saw last nights episode will have seen a like 20 second clip of the s class crashing then everyone laughing at it......they didnt even say why it didnt work....they wont be laughing though when they are on the motorway and see an s class suddenly brake along side them in the other lane and the laughing people in their car go crashing into the accident ahead ha!

btw talking of top gear i am confused......clarkson has an SLK55 AMG, befor that he drove an SL55 AMG yet if any of you saw him review the CLS55 AMG he said at the moment he would not buy a mercedea because of build quality? wtf? in that time he has bought 2 mercedes lol....hypocrit.....or the build quality improved over night lol!

The Artist

Did you guys see the last TG.. they had a ZOnda F in the studio.. but they tested a C12.. im hoping they give the F to stig.. we might be looking at a new best time

yomomwhat

ha yes, they got it stuck in a car park lmao! and richard hammon nearly lost it on a mountain road cuz it had no traction control lol

The Artist

It has traction control.. but its like really really layed back.. it comes on if your about to kill yourself or something..

yomomwhat

haaaaa ok! do you think that tv crews have to pay for the damage when they like wreck a car? i know they didnt wreck the zonda but they had to like pull the front to pieces and like it scraped all over the ground...

The Artist

I dont know.. i think they have insurance.. so its no big deal i guess..

OBR

that looked like a zonda F they tested..look at the interior..

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