Editing Moose test (section)

==1997 Mercedes A-Class test==
On 21 October 1997 the journalist Robert Collin from ''[[Teknikens Värld]]'' overturned the new (now First generation) [[Mercedes-Benz A-Class]] in the moose test at {{cvt|60|km/h}}, while a [[Trabant 601|Trabant]]—a much older, and widely mocked car from the former [[East Germany]]—managed it successfully.<ref>{{cite web|title=Petite feat - drive.com.au|url=http://www.drive.com.au/editorial/article.aspx?id=9679&vf=1|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=[[Drive.com.au]]|accessdate=10 January 2012|author=The Sydney Morning Herald|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050719193241/http://www.drive.com.au/editorial/article.aspx?id=9679&vf=1|archivedate=19 July 2005|date=6 May 2005}}</ref>

During an interview in ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'', Collin tried to explain this test by the example of an evasive manoeuvre for a moose on the road. It was soon called ''Elchtest'' (moose test).<ref>{{cite journal |title=Der Elchtester |journal=[[Die Zeit]] |accessdate=14 November 2019 |url=http://images.zeit.de/text/1998/02/Der_Elchtesterarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723134918/http://www.zeit.de/1998/02/Der_Elchtester/seite-3 |language=de}} (Collin is wrongly spelled as Collins)</ref>

Mercedes initially denied the problem, but then took the step of recalling all units sold to date (2,600), rebuilding 17,000 cars<ref>{{cite web|url=https://europe.autonews.com/article/20171102/ANE/171109997/mercedes-a-class-moose-test-crisis-recalled|title=Mercedes A class moose-test crisis recalled|date=2 November 2017|author=Michael Specht|publisher=Crain Communications, Inc.|accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref> and suspending sales for three months until the problem was solved by adding [[electronic stability control]] and modifying the suspension.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andrews|first=Edmund|title=Mercedes-Benz Tries to Put a Persistent Moose Problem to Rest|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/11/business/mercedes-benz-tries-to-put-a-persistent-moose-problem-to-rest.html|work=New York Times|accessdate=2 April 2013|date=11 December 1997}}</ref> The company spent DM 2.5 billion in developing the car, with a further DM 300 million to fix it.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mercedes bends|url=https://www.economist.com/node/352668|newspaper=The Economist|accessdate=2 April 2013|date=13 November 1997}}</ref>