China made cars are better than the new S Class?

Earlier last month, Wang Zhan, a man in Luoyang, Henan Province of China, organized a press conference beside the banks of the Yellow River where he vowed only to use goods made in China for the rest of his life.

On June 5th, Wang’s Mercedes-Benz S350 rear-ended a DongFeng van. None of the S350’s airbags deployed, which resulted in Wang and his daughter ending up with a visit to the hospital after the crash.

Without a satisfactory answer from Zhengzhou Star, the local sales company and headquarters of Mercedes-Benz China regarding the airbag failure he encountered, he decided to call for a press conference.

The banner Wang had in his hand read “Only use goods made in China for the rest of my life” and the one behind him read “Mercedes-Benz, with over a hundred years of history, is a good brand in name, but not in reality.”

Based on the damages sustained by the S350, Wang might had been driving rather quickly prior to the accident. This brings up an interesting question on whether he might be alive to hold a press conference if he had been driving in a made in China good.

Credits: Jarvis