Alfa Romeo Giulietta earns 5 stars
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2nd June, 2010
In crash testing, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta has been awarded the
Euro NCAP five-star rating and an overall score of 87/100: a result that makes it one of the safest compact
cars ever. Of course, in the Giulietta's market segment a five star rating is absolutely essential.
The rating is important considering that since 2009 Euro NCAP has adopted a new scheme composed of four
areas of assessment, namely Adult Occupant, Child Occupant, Pedestrian Protection and a new area: Safety
Assist. Injury avoidance and mitigation functions, such as seat belt reminder, ESP and speed limiter, are also
rated. The rating achieved by the Alfa Romeo Giulietta (97% Adult Occupant, 85% Child Occupant, 63% Pedestrian
Protection and 86% Safety Assist) means that the car will also have five-star rating in 2012 when a new
Euro-NCAP rating system will have reached maximum severity.
The accolade confirms Alfa Romeo’s commitment to all aspects relating to the protection of all road users.
Like many cars these days, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta was designed and built to obtain maximum passive and active
safety performance. Proof of this, for instance, is the adoption of the most advanced electronic dynamic control
devices (for braking and traction): the Vehicle Dynamic Control system, which manages functions such as Hill
Holder, traction control and assisted panic braking, the MSR system which prevents wheel locking when the
throttle is released, the DST (Dynamic Steering Torque) system, Electronic Q2 which electronically “simulates”
the presence of a self-locking differential, and the brand-new Prefill system, which alerts the braking system
that the accelerator pedal has been released to decrease intervention time and consequently braking distance.
Thousands of hours of virtual simulations enabled the making of the new “Compact” architecture – which is
making its debut on the Giulietta – and the entire car using only four prototypes. The quality of virtual design
was later materially put to the test on the cars made at the Cassino plant by running two hundred tests on
components and subsystems, more than one hundred Hyge slide shock test simulations and more than eighty crash
tests (frontal impact, side impact, roll-over and shunting, taking various speeds, different types of obstacles
and the need to protect occupants physically very different from one another into account). These numbers confirm
the commitment to making the Alfa Romeo Giulietta one of the safest cars in Europe by containing the most
advanced safety systems.
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Total protection, in short, as evidenced by six airbags as standard (two of which Multistage), three-point
seatbelts with double pretensioners and load limit limiters and SAHR (Self Aligning Head Restraint), a new
second-generation device built into the backrests of the front seats that moves the head restraints closer to
the occupants’ heads in the event of a crash to lessen the effects of whiplash. Without forgetting the
contribution to occupant and pedestrian protection provided by the body, the bonnet, the doors and the
dashboard crossmember, in addition to the seats and steering column. The efficacy of all these devices is
maximised by a three load line front structure that guarantees structural uniformity and consequently uniformity
of response in the event of frontal impact regardless of the type of obstacles or vehicle that the car crashes
into. This is a breakthrough in partner protection, because the vehicle is less aggressive when crashing into
the front or side of another vehicle, and in self protection, because the uniform deformation makes the
retaining systems more effective regardless of the type of crash.
Finally, in the field of preventive safety, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta adopts headlamps with Daytime Running
Lights that are automatically turned on when the engine is started – to meet a specific European standard that
will come into force in 2012 – and LED tail lights, brighter than conventional bulbs, for extra safety.
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta will be released in Australia during the fourth quarter this year.
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