2012 Van Fleet World Honours

Sprinter receives Safety Award

The Sprinter has received the prestigious Safety Award; a Fleet World Honours award win every year since 2008 for the Sprinter. The trophy was presented at a special ceremony held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall on Wednesday 16th May 2012.

With new additions like ADAPTIVE ESP®, an innovative driving dynamics control system which for the first time takes the load situation of the vehicle into the account and combines the functions of the anti-lock braking system (ABS), acceleration skid control (ASR), electronic brake force distribution (EBD), Brake Assist (BAS) and the optional Start-off Assist system (AAS), the Sprinter is still one of the safest vans on the road today.

Van Fleet World Editor, John Kendall, said "Safety has been ingrained in Mercedes-Benz culture for many more years than many of its rivals and that's as true of its commercial vehicles as its cars. The Sprinter was the first van to be fitted with ESP and load sensing ESO as standard, followed by the Vito, while this feature is still not standard on all rival models. And there's a long list of safety options available with Mercedes-Benz vans from airbags to reversing cameras, tyre pressure monitoring, headlamps with cornering function and many more. Most of these features have been available for some times and it's only recently that rivals have started to catch up."

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