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Saab 9-5 Achieves Five-Stars in Crash Test Rating
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In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00

Saab 9-5 Achieves Five-Stars in Crash Test Rating

For Model Year 2004, the Saab 9-5 has achieved a maximum five-star EuroNCAP
crash test rating. It is further evidence of the success of Saab's Real Life
Safety philosophy.

EuroNCAP has upgraded its assessment of the Saab 9-5 for the new model year
as Saab is installing a new seat-belt reminder system which fulfills the
EuroNCAP criteria.

'When EuroNCAP first tested Saab 9-5 in 1998 it was awarded four stars and
the highest individual score at that time,' says Annika Kindberg, project
leader responsible for crash safety in the 9-5. 'Now the car is further
improved as EuroNCAP test personnel were pleased with the logic in the new
reminder system, which starts when the car has been driven for 30 seconds at
more than 25 kph.'

The reminder begins with a warning chime and a message on the information
display telling the driver, or the front seat passenger, to use the seatbelt.
If this request is ignored, a louder signal will be triggered 30 seconds
later for a duration of 90 seconds, together with further information on the
display. The system works independently for the driver or front seat
passenger and it also restarts if a belt is unbuckled whilst the car is being
driven.

The Saab 9-5 has already been awarded with highest possible rating, five
stars, under USNCAP, the American equivalent to EuroNCAP, although a
completely different crash procedure is used. It has also been given the
highest safety rating by IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) in the
US.

And in Sweden, a large survey by the Folksam insurance company, based on
76,100 real road accidents, found the Saab 9-5 to be the only car with a
performance more than 40% better than the average. The Saab 9-5 was therefore
given Folksam's top award Safest Car, 2003.

'The fact that the 9-5 has earned the highest rating in different kinds of
consumer crash tests and performed so well in the Folksam survey is proof of
the success of Saab's Real Life Safety philosophy,' says Annika Kindberg.

For more information, see:

www.euroncap.com
www.nhtsa.gov (US NCAP)
www.hwysafety.org (IIHS)
www.folksam.se
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