Today a mercedes (w123) + a opel astra smashed into eachother.
The opel was totaly smashed, but the mercedes didn't get so "much" smashed.
The car looks heavy damaged and it is, but the mercedes wansnt near the damages that the opel got. The engine was inside the dash allmost.
I have more pic's at this url:
http://www.deadstop.net/panazonic/uhell/
Sad, but no peoples were killed.
This shows us that a mercedes is much more solid than a opel or another car.