Basil Jet wrote:

If you ever choose to
take part in a head-on collision experiment between a Vito and a TX4,
choose to drive the TX4.


My unequivocal choice would be to drive the Vito.

Mercedes-Benz has always been at the forefront of passenger safety*.
The Vito, which is sold as a passenger vehicle under the Viana name,
gets very good ratings in Euro NCAP crash tests.

Meanwhile, the TX4/Fairway has never had a Euro NCAP test.



* The current main Euro NCAP test requirements for oblique frontal
impact are taken directly from the design criteria for the
Mercedes-Benz W124 E Class first introduced in 1983. Every
Mercedes-Benz model introduced since 1983 has achieved the equivalent
of a five-star Euro NCAP result in that impact test.

Mercedes-Benz cars also have to withstand the same oblique *rear*
impact, a requirement that Euro NCAP has yet to adopt. This
meticulous approach to passenger safety is one of many reasons why my
last four cars have all been Mercedes-Benz.