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The BBC story, also reported in multiple other places, is a nice bit of Volvo marketing g, but is nonsense. Volvo introduced Aeb in 2007 on the XC60. The XC90
by urban_winter 8y ago
The BBC story, also reported in multiple other places, is a nice bit of Volvo marketing g, but is nonsense.
Volvo introduced Aeb in 2007 on the XC60. The XC90 only got it when they introduced the new generation a few years ago. Therefore claiming that the exceptional safety record of the XC90 is in any way related to AEB is just rubbish.
The reason why XC90s are associated with so few passenger injuries (note, no claims are made for injuries to other road users by XC90s) is that they are large, heavy and chosen by safsr-than-average demographics.