No kidding. 7 states.

This. I’d like to say I’m disappointed but I’ve come to expect this garbage from Jalopnik.

Because consumers are sort of dumb and prone to buy from brand and model recognition than actual qualities of the said product.

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Nope not yet. That’s the 2017 C class from Mercedes own website. The E class has a similar thing that starts behind the steering wheel and sticks out on the passenger side. Not sure about the S class.

youre wrong...

You sir are not familiar with Mercedes interior design this last decade.

Oh a $1.2MM “Lotus”. You could instead get a Demon(for the drag). a McLaren 675LT(for the track) and a V12 Vanquish(to cruise) and still have over $500k to do whatever you want with and not have to drive a $1.2MM “Lotus” built by a crook.

It 100% does not have a fully approved NHRA full cage.

the skinny tires are in the demon crate, you cant run those on the street, hence the normal tires up front for road use. the challenger drag pack is dodges answer to the copo and cobra jet

M4 GTS has a glorified roll bar that sits behind the driver. Street legal probably isn’t the best term... but DOT legal maybe? I don’t think a car could come factory with a full cage.

A proper roll cage isn’t safe to drive with on the street without a helmet.

It has accessory runners. Those aren’t very streetable. Not sure if they’re even legal for street use.

I know you’re joking, but the number of people I see with pipe insulation on their cages makes me cringe.

It’s a legal issue. I don’t remember the exact wording of the law, but it has to do with having non-deformable metal in the cockpit of a production vehicle. It’s effectively illegal to sell a production car in the US with a roll cage. It’s the same reason the US version of GT3 RS doesn’t come with a roll cage.

love you haters with the weight problem as it blows the shit out of what your driving

Because driving a car with a cage without a helmet is a death wish...

Cages and harnesses aren’t street legal. Ever sit in a caged car without the harness and a helmet and see how close your noggin is to that steel tubing? Not something you want to think about.

I can’t imagine the cost of integrating a NHTSA compliant (or whatever the governing safety standard entity is) roll cage. Bashing your head into the roll cage without a helmet on the small, frontal overlap crash test I’m sure is something SRT didn’t want to deal with.

No, the NHRA and tracks still have to look out for themselves. Having a car run mid-9s with an inexperienced driver is a recipe for disaster.