Cyrus Mistry was in Mercedes Benz GLC car with 5-star safety rating, why could not the life be saved?

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Mumbai: Former Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry died in a road accident in Palghar, Maharashtra on Sunday. The accident took place on a bridge over the Surya river when his car collided with a divider. In the accident, two people including Mistry died on the spot, while two other people present in the car were seriously injured. The car in which Cyrus Mistry was traveling was the first generation Mercedes-Benz GLC.

Mercedes Benz GLC car was first launched in India in 2016. It was launched in two variants. The starting price of the car was around Rs 51 lakh. However, it is not clear which model of the SUV Mistry was traveling in.

A seat belt could have saved the life
One thing related to the accident is coming to the fore that Cyrus Mistry was sitting in the back side of the SUV, and another person was also sitting with him. Both of them died. At the same time, the lives of both the people sitting in front were saved, while the accident happened due to the front collision because the front airbags were opened. The rear airbags did not open due to not wearing the seat belt.

SUV with a 5-star safety rating
The Mercedes-Benz GLC is built on the company’s safest MRA platform. The company’s luxury sedan Mercedes Benz C Class has also been prepared on this platform. The GLC was awarded a 5-star safety rating by Euro NCAP, a car safety testing body for European countries, considering it a safe SUV. Apart from this, Global NCAP, which conducts safety testing for countries around the world, gave this car a 5-star rating.

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Equipped with many safety features
If we look at the safety features of the SUV, then it includes 7 airbags, crosswind assist, parking assist, attention assist, adaptive brake lights, tire-pressure monitoring system, hill descent control, and Mercedes’ Pre-Safe Occupant Protection System. The first-gen model of the GLC was replaced with a facelift variant on 3 December 2019. Last year, the company has launched a new model of the SUV.

The car engine is very powerful
Talking about the engine of the car, it gets a 1991 cc engine. It can generate a maximum power of 194 bhp and a peak torque of 400 Nm. This car reaches the speed of zero to 100 kmph in just 7.8 seconds. The top speed of the SUV is 215 kmph. At present, the price of the latest SUV model in the Indian market is more than Rs 70 lakh.

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