First stability control in the world?

[ojis]

Now the first stability control in cars was in 1990 Mitsubishi Sigma. How does this system differ from the one MB made for their S-class to prevent understeer/oversteer?

[Yannis]

As far as i know the first stability control system (ESP) was invented by Bosch with the help of Mercedes and it was used in S class. If you search the net that is what you are going to find and not about that Sigma.

[ojis]

Yes, Bosch invented the Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) system in 1995 at the time when in came to S-class. Maybe they just added this feature with the stability control. I found this info from here (in finnish sorry): - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

[Yannis]

Who invented ESP?

Anton Theodor van Zanten at Bosch, who worked on ESP already at Cornell (1973) and Armin Mueller at Daimler-Benz were the project leaders. Teams of about 40 engineers moved into a common building. The inventors received the Society of Automotive Engineer's Henry Ford award and more recently the "Professor Ferdinand Porsche Preis" from Porsche and the TU Wien. Wendelin Wiedeking commented: "With their invention, the price winners made a significant contribution to the general safety of road traffic." ESP world premiered in 1995 on the 12 cylinder Mercedes CL600 coupe S600 sedan as standard and was optional for $1200 to $1500 in other W140 S-Class models, the S420 and S500.

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Difference between a car with ESP and one without:

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Notice how the car without ESP is oversteering.

[Giannis]

interesting stuff there Yannis. The comparison between the two cars in the photo helped me much. I'm glad my car has ESP (actually Volvo "names" it DSTC), even though it never snows here, and i haven't taken the car to snow so far j/k
ESP is a must in cars that have a respected amount of HP under their hood.

[Tycoon]

Hmmm, yeah, the ESP is a must for safety reasons, but i like to turn that buttn OFF!

[The Artist]

Well all car companys should thank MB and Bosch for the ESP system.. without that many cars with over 300hp wouldn get off the line in the wet..

[Tycoon]

Originally Posted by The Artist

without that many cars with over 300hp wouldn get off the line in the wet..

They would get off the track, not wouldn't...

[Giannis]

Originally Posted by TycoonGTR

Hmmm, yeah, the ESP is a must for safety reasons, but i like to turn that buttn OFF!

i would do the same thing if i had a RWD car with 272HP. But in my 180HP FWD you can't expect much with the DSTC off. Actually after 14 months of owning this car, i have never turned DSTC off.
I drove once a friend E36 318 coupe which doesn't have ESP and was really fun, in that curvy road even though the car lacked HP and nerves

[Yannis]

Originally Posted by The Artist

Well all car companys should thank MB and Bosch for the ESP system.. without that many cars with over 300hp wouldn get off the line in the wet..

A car with AWD like quattro has no problem in the snow even without ESP. Mercedes had to invent ESP cause RWD cars have a problem finding traction in icy/wet roads.