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01 The proven safety of driver
and front passenger airbags
is standard on all models
in the Golf Estate range.
02 The driver and front seat
passenger are further
protected by side airbags,
fitted as standard on all
Golf Estate models.
03 The exceptional
performance and
control of anti-lock
brakes is standard
across the range.
Class-leading safety.
The curtain airbag system is available as an option on all models.
When Volkswagen’s engineers started to
develop the Golf Estate, safety aspects
were of paramount importance.
How would the car react in various
crash scenarios? In order to discover
this information, high-tech computers
were utilised to simulate collisions from
probable angles. Only when the high criteria
of the computer tests were achieved, did
this information pass to the building of
the chassis. With regard to frontal impact,
the reason for the Golf Estate’s immense
resistance lies within the crumple zone.
Following impact, this will absorb energy
to help protect the inner survival zone,
helping to minimise occupant injuries,
particularly around the front footwells.
The second most common accident involves side impact. With
the Golf Estate, a number of features are designed to minimise
damage from such accidents. These include a reinforced chassis,
energy absorbing protection padding, side impact bars and inner
door supports for greater strength.
When a car is involved in an accident, often the most vulnerable
occupants are children. So at Volkswagen we have pioneered
the installation of an innovative child safety system called
Isofix. This unique system is the first of its kind in the world
and fixes a child seat directly to the chassis for greater restraint.
The simplicity belies its effectiveness and removes the need
for the time consuming threading of seat belts through normal
child seats.
At Volkswagen our commitment to driver and passenger safety
goes much further. We want you to avoid potentially dangerous
situations in the first place, so we’ve developed a host of active
safety features. For example, you can have the option of rain
sensitive windscreen wipers which operate automatically. Or
how about an optional automatic dimming rear-view mirror
that detects the amount of dazzle from the car behind?
Consider these safety measures along with the standard fitment
of driver, passenger and front seat side airbags, as well as three-
point seat belts and head restraints for all occupants, and you’ll
start to appreciate the extremely safe feeling associated with
driving a Golf Estate.
But as Volkswagen is one of the leading car manufacturers with
regard to the safety features in every model’s design, you deserve
nothing less.
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