Whether its a budget sedan or expensive one, any sedan would go under a truck because of the low bonnet height. We have a person who died in the S class after rear ending a truck.
Buddy that case was entirely different.
You know why all the hype has settled down and no fines were paid by Mercedes?
The reason is simple,this car was going very fast and instead of tailgating it ended up colliding with a long hauler from left side and hence the driver side just entered under the truck.Result,the driver faced complete impact on his body because A pillars in any car are weak enough to let the accidents intrude the cabin.Even a Volvo could have not saved the passenger in this case.
About SUV thingy,maybe the cumbersome SUV would have caused even more damage in this case.
BTW,I am doubtful if an SUV can even bear high steering inputs.
Once a freaky accident occurred on NH 58 when a family which was being driven in a Scorpio met an accident.The reason was:-
A truck came in their lane with Scorpy doing about 100 kph and the driver swerved to save the collision and as a result the Scorpy overturned and ended up felling in a roadside ditch after sliding for about 30-40 meters while the trucker had already moved and cleared the way for the SUV if he wouldn't have swerved and just applied quite hard brake and moved on.
WOW,the dynamics they are..
Maybe S-class is true,the SUVs love being int he farms and out of road-their native place.