VIDEO: Mercedes-Benz E-Class commercial features malfunctioning car
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VIDEO: Mercedes-Benz E-Class commercial features malfunctioning car
Kind of funny from Autoblog:
The voiceover for Mercedes' "Ignite" commercial for the new E-Class starts with "It is, quite simply, the most advanced automobile we have every created." However, during the start-up sequence before that voiceover, the actual commercial begins with a warning light: when the driver turns the car on, the message "Front Right SRS Malfunction Service Required" appears in the dash – not the type of message you expect to see when your car fires up and does its system check. Still, knowing how these things work, we suspect this commercial was probably filmed early on in a pre-production prototype with an inactive airbag – a common enough occurence with these sorts of vehicles.
YouTube - Ignite
The voiceover for Mercedes' "Ignite" commercial for the new E-Class starts with "It is, quite simply, the most advanced automobile we have every created." However, during the start-up sequence before that voiceover, the actual commercial begins with a warning light: when the driver turns the car on, the message "Front Right SRS Malfunction Service Required" appears in the dash – not the type of message you expect to see when your car fires up and does its system check. Still, knowing how these things work, we suspect this commercial was probably filmed early on in a pre-production prototype with an inactive airbag – a common enough occurence with these sorts of vehicles.
YouTube - Ignite
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Interesting, you can definitely see the warning message at the beginning... but since it was an SRS light it may have been due to camera equipment on the passenger seat, and the airbags/seatbelts being disabled for filming?
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