Safety First with Volvo

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When buying a new car what are the top features you look for? Maybe a sleek design, killer stereo? IF you have a family neither of those come before safety. Above all else you should know that your car is one of the safest on the roads and today we are going to look at a few safety features which could set your car a step about he rest and might one day, your deity of choice forbid, save your life.

1) What are the bones of your beast made from? Without a strong frame how can your car hope to survive a collision with a shopping cart let alone anything else on four wheels. The new XC90 from Volvo features over 40 per cent hot formed boron steel which increases strength significantly without adding mass or weight to the vehicle what this means is more zoom less boom.
2) How will your car keep you safe while on the road? Why the new Volvos come with Forward Collision Warning which is an accident avoidance system. It scans all objects within 500 feet in front of your car and if an accident is imminent it warns you and prepares the brakes. It can even brake for you should the situation require it. So instead of keeping you safe in an accident it keep you from getting into them in the first place.

3) Lights, Active high beams are one of the newest safety features which is a special system in Volvo’s which sense other vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, and darkness levels and adjust appropriately for you, for maximum sight distance at night or during the day.
4) Rear Sensing Radar is another great feature which uses radar to sense ALL activity behind your vehicle, even in blind spots, thus keeping accidental bump and nicks to a minimum.

5) Crash rating When a crash occurs you want to be safe and Volvo rank highest by IIHS especially the the S60, XC60, XC90 and S80 since the inceptions of the small overlap tests. They do this by using new designs and blends of different steel qualities to keep you safe.
These are just a few of the qualities of a new Volvo which catch my eye there are a ton more features which are all meant to keep you safe and also give you an enjoyable driving experience.