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How Safe Do You Want It?

How Safe Do You Want It?

Date: 2014-03-28
The Volvo V40 received best ever recorded by the Euro NCAP institute collision test, scooping a five star rating in the process. 

"A fantastic result. We are very proud to have one of the world's safest cars and we're taking yet another important step toward our 2020 target - that nobody should die or be seriously injured in a Volvo," says Thomas Broberg, Senior Technical Advisor Safety at Volvo Car Corporation.

As of 2009 European safety institute Euro NCAP presents an overall rating for each car model it tests. Separate tests are carried out in four different sub-categories, which are then ranked to produce an overall grade. The four categories are adult occupant protection, child protection, pedestrian protection and safety assist. 

It is not only the overall result that is record-high. The all-new Volvo V40's protection for adults was also the best result ever recorded in a test, no less than 98 percent. 

In the safety assist category, the Volvo V40 scores maximum points. "The new Volvo V40 was launched as the most intelligent and the safest car in its segment, and it is truly packed with active safety systems such as auto brake, Pedestrian Detection to shield pedestrians, Lane Keeping Aid which helps the driver stay within his or her lane, and BLIS which helps the driver detect vehicles in the offset rear 'blind spot'," says Thomas Broberg.

In the pedestrian protection category the Volvo V40 also sets a new record, and Volvo Car Corporation also received the Euro NCAP Advanced Award for its City Safety system, which is fitted as standard in all versions of the V40. City Safety operates at speeds of up to 50 km/h, which is more than any other car manufacturer offers in similar systems.

You can experience the Volvo V40 at CMH Volvo Cars Umhlanga, call them on 031 571 2600 or visit their showroom at 6 Sunset Close, Umhlanga Ridge, you will be impressed.