Transportation · Recorded milestone
Car airbag
Recorded year1973
General Motors offers crash airbags on 1973 Oldsmobile Toronados, and Mercedes-Benz's 1981 S-Class makes them the standard partner of seatbelts.
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.