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Side & Curtain Airbags - Why you need them!

25 Jun, 2007 6 Comments

If you find your self wondering if you should option Side & Curtain airbags for your new car, we hope the two videos below can persuade you to spend the additional cash.

Firstly, we have the Hyundai Accent, which comes out with a respectable three-star safety rating:

As you can see from the video above, a side impact in the Hyundai is not a pain-free experience.

The German made Ford Focus shows the benefits of Side & Curtain airbags, the Focus receives a five-star safety rating.

Are side & curtain airbags worth the additional cash? We think so!

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6 Responses to “Side & Curtain Airbags - Why you need them!”

Nick Says:
June 25th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Curtain airbags are NOT available on the Focus in Australia, the ones we get are made in South Africa (to the detriment of quality in our experience but then what were we expecting from Ford?) and that factory cannot install them. The Mitsu Colt picks up side and curtains for something like $1600. Which is not bad and one of only a few light cars that make them available.
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alborz Says:
June 25th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Hi Nick
the side airbags are available on the XR5 (the car being tested) as standard
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Myke Says:
June 25th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Curtain airbags and DSC (ESP) will be available on the Focus in August, as they facelift the model.
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mistertwo Says:
June 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Focus XR5 is built in Europe so those safety fetures are standard.
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Bavarian Missile Says:
June 26th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
China’s quality……………RIGHT !

Don’t sent these here please!

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/0.....thing-but/
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SP Says:
June 28th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
In this day and age, a 3 star rating should in no way be considered acceptable! Plenty of 4 or 5 star options that perform far better in a crash.

I would also suggest that if you were involved in a side impact (striking a light pole for example) and were without a side curtain airbag, it wouldn’t matter what make or model your car was, or where it was built, the result would be the same. Hitting something side on at anything over 30km/h and you’d be dead.
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