Mercedes-Benz ESF 22 (1973 experimental safety vehicle)

The Mercedes-Benz ESF 22 is an Experimental Safety Vehicle based on the 116-series S-Class introduced in 1972. It was presented at the 4th International ESV Conference in Kyoto, Japan, in March 1973, and followed the earlier ESF 05 and ESF 13 in the company's program of safety research cars. It carried restraint systems, including a driver airbag and seat belt force limiters, that Mercedes-Benz developed for later production models.

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