19th December, 2005
The all-new Jaguar XK was awarded the Engineering
and Technology Award at the prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety
Awards in London.
The Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards recognise outstanding
innovation or achievement and each year the judges make one Technology Award for
road-based or vehicle-based innovation that is considered to have significant
merit.
This year Jaguar has been recognised for its outstanding safety innovation –
the pedestrian deployable bonnet – in the new XK sports car.
Jonathan Mabey and Bill McLundie, on behalf of the Jaguar XK pedestrian
safety team, received the award at the Savoy Hotel from His Royal Highness
Prince Michael of Kent on 6th December.
"We are extremely proud to receive this award on behalf of the hardworking
engineering team which was involved in the Jaguar Pyrotechnic Pedestrian
Deployable Bonnet and the new XK," said Mabey after receiving the award.
Jaguar is one of the first manufacturers to meet Phase One of new European
safety legislation using an active deployable bonnet system. The new standards
are designed to help mitigate the severity of injuries to pedestrians in the
event of a collision with a car. Legislation in the European market requires
manufacturers to commit to a two-phase introduction of a range of active and
passive safety improvements on all new cars to improve the protection of
pedestrians in case of accident.
In the unfortunate event of a pedestrian impact, the deployable bonnet on the
new XK automatically 'pops' up a few inches to increase space between the engine
and the bonnet. This helps to isolate the pedestrian from hard points in the
engine compartment and reacts in less than a tenth of the time it takes to blink
an eye. An advanced sensing system is mounted in the front bumper to help
discriminate between a pedestrian collision and any other possible front-end
collisions.
The all-new aluminium Jaguar XK will be launched early in 2006 and will allow
Jaguar to emerge as a world leader in Lightweight Vehicle Technology while
retaining its reputation for beautifully designed and crafted cars.
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ROAD TEST Audi S4
Let's keep it simple ...... the S4 is a powerful car!
It provides 253 kW of amazement at 7,000 rpm!
18th October, 2004
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