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This is Where The Mercedes-Benz AirCap System Came From

It only took eighteen years for Mercedes-Benz to perfect their anti-draft system for the E-Class Cabriolet, but it sure looks much prettier in the production version.
Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet Concept A124 7 photos
Photo: Daimler AG
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What you are seeing in the image above is a concept car variant of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet (A124) from 1991 which, among other things, featured a paleolithic version of their current highly-effective AirCap system.

It's no wonder that that the production version of the E-Class Cabrio A124 didn't feature the above thingamajig, as it would have probably scared all its customers away.

After almost two decades, the system was finally perfected and given the AirCap name, premiering on the current generation of the E-Class Cabrio (A207) in 2009.

It no longer looks like a window blind stuck on top of the windshield, while its purpose is met better that on any other convertible, as we also found out during our test drive with the E-Class Cabrio A207 facelift.

When in use, along with the automatic draft-stopper from between the rear head rests and the AirScarf system built inside the front head rests, it creates an invisible cocoon of well being inside the car even if the roof is down.
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Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project.
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