To build a safe, tiny car, Mercedes had to make a bizarre engine.
was to offer C-Class-esque interior space on a significantly shorter footprint. The A-Class also had to be as safe as an E-Class, and this required a very different approach to packaging and one of the weirdest engines we've ever seen in a car.
In the A-Class, the occupants sat on a false floor about 8 inches taller than the actual floorpan. Mercedes called thisand the idea was to create lots of occupant space on a small footprint, without compromising crash safety. In the instance of a frontal impact, the engine and transmission were designed to slide along the pedal box and under the floorpan, protecting the passenger compartment without the need for a large crumple zone at the front.
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