We could hear the grumbling of the press folks from here: "Worst. Product. Demo. Ever." Three 2006 Mercedes S-Class sedans were damaged when a televised demonstration of the cars' groundbrakeing (heh heh) radar-guided automatic stopping system went ka-flawo. As Leftlane News reports, the carefully staged choreography called for the first car in a line of three to brake hard, while the anti-crash systems in the second and third cars were to have kicked in to save the day. Yep. You can tell from our use of the conditional past tense back there that it didn't end well.

Mercedes TV demo turns into 3-car pile-up [Left Lane News]

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