The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a compact sport sedan and has been running with the German brand since 1993, and is a predecessor of the Mercedes 190 (W201) sedan range. Up until 2013, it used to be the smallest sedan Mercedes, until the brand launched the entry-level CLA. The C-Class currently rivals against models such as the BMW 3 Series, Audi A4, Volvo S60, and Lexus IS and ES.
During a Sunday afternoon trip with his family in 1952 to the Pennsylvania countryside, an accident inspired John W. Hetrick to design, what will become, one of the most important inventions in automobile safety. - the automobile airbag.
Originally, these vehicles were simply known as the ‘Land Rover’ - predominantly an off-road capable car model of the Rover Company. However, as ‘Land Rover’ became more established as a brand, the ‘Series’ indication later became a retronym model name. The Range Rover was introduced in 1970.
The Volvo S60 is a compact executive car manufactured and marketed by Volvo since 2000 and began in its third generation in the 2019 model year.
Commonly referred to as “Disco” the Land Rover Discovery is a series of medium to large premium SUVs, which are produced by the British car maker Land Rover, and later Jaguar Land Rover. The series is currently running in its fifth generation, of which the first was introduced in 1989, the first new model series since the 1970 Range Rover – which inspired it. Some call it influential, since it was the first to market a true off-road capable family car.
A disc brake is a wheel brake that slows the rotation of the wheel by the friction caused by pushing the brake pads against a brake disc with a set of callipers. The development of disc brake began in 1890s in England. The first automobile disc brake was patented by Frederick William Lanchester in his Birmingham factory in 1902 and was used successfully on Lanchester cars.
