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Volvo...still pioneering safety.

Post by jblackburn »

Volvo...

Crashes; breaks the ground.

Seriously, this thing didn't even care about being flipped over multiple times. That's impressive.

Did very well in the tricky small overlap test as well.

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I wonder if they let employees who have been subjected to very high levels of stress in their jobs to go push the button on the "throw the SUV out the door" machine?

I think Volvo and others could sell "experience" vacations. You go the factory and get a tour and then go to the safety center and get to throw the switch on a crash test.

I had no concerns that the new platform would fail to set new standards for safety.

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In the mid-2000s (2004?) they had a Baja XC70 "experience", but it was limited to journalists. They fielded eight or so XC70s and a chase vehicle.
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First gen XC90 crash testing. Early 2000s Volvo promotional material.

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