Steering column for a motor vehicle

A steering column for a motor vehicle comprising:

• an inner casing tube in which a steering spindle is rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axis of the steering spindle;
• an outer casing unit in which the inner casing tube is retained, the outer casing tube being connectable directly or indirectly to a body of the motor vehicle;
• a clamping device that secures the outer casing unit relative to the inner casing tube in a fixing position, wherein in an enabling position the clamping device enables adjustment of the inner casing tube relative to the outer casing unit at least in a longitudinal direction, wherein the clamping device comprises an arresting element that is supported in the longitudinal direction on the outer casing unit, wherein in the fixing position the arresting element is connected in a longitudinally non-displaceable manner to an engagement element connected to the inner casing tube, wherein in the enabling position the arresting element is released from the engagement element and enables movement of the inner casing tube relative to the outer casing unit in the longitudinal direction;
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• an energy absorption device that couples the inner casing tube and the outer casing unit, the energy absorption device comprising at least two energy-absorption elements and a coupling means, with the coupling means being connected to the outer casing unit and the at least two energy-absorption elements being disposed between the coupling means and the engagement element, wherein the coupling means is configured to couple in a coupled-in state or decouple in a decoupled state at least one of the at least two energy-absorption elements between the inner casing tube and the outer casing unit, wherein in the coupled-in state in the fixing position of the clamping device the at least one of the at least two energy-absorption elements is plastically deformable during displacement of the inner casing tube relative to the outer casing unit.