Mercedes A class moose-test crisis recalled

Former Daimler executive Juergen Hubbert talked about how Mercedes-Benz came back from its "flip over" crisis in 1997. The automaker's new A class compact car rolled over during tests designed to simulate a driver swerving to avoid a moose that runs into the road. Now 76 and retired, Hubbert, who was head of Mercedes cars at the time, recalled the crisis with Michael Specht, one of the journalists who flipped the boxy, first-generation A class. Specht is a correspondent with Automobilwoche, a sister publication of Automotive News Europe.