Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Brochure & Specs page 45

Passive safety: airbags.
What all sports enthusiasts take for granted:
reliable protection of sensitive areas.
We have been innovators not only to recycle. The 911 models benefit
in production installation, but also from the latest airbag technology
in airbag technology. Porsche set in the form of full-size airbags for
the benchmark by introducing a driver and passenger which are
non-azide gas generant based on inflated in two stages depending
an organic propellant. This makes on the severity and type of
the driver airbag lighter and more accident (e.g. frontal or offset
compact, and also makes it easier frontal). In less serious accidents,
911 Carrera 4S
the airbag is only partially inflated,
thereby minimising discomfort to
the occupants.
In addition to the central airbag
control unit on the transmission
tunnel, a pair of impact sensors
are located near the headlights.
This allows a crash to be detected of approximately 8 litres, the
and evaluated far sooner and with thorax and head airbags offer
considerably greater accuracy. excellent protection in the event
of a side impact. Naturally, their
All 911 models are equipped with design protects the occupants of
Porsche Side Impact Protection the 911 Carrera Cabriolet models
(POSIP) as standard. It comprises and the 911 Targa 4 models, even
two airbags on each side instead with the roof open.
of the usual one. An integral
thorax airbag is located in the The head restraints are integrated
seat backrests, while the door into the backrests. Also standard
panels each contain a head are the safety steering column,
airbag. With each having a volume three-point seat belts, belt height
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Safety
adjustment (not on 911 Carrera
Cabriolet models), front seat-belt
pretensioners and force limiters,
energy-absorbing elements in the
dashboard and flame-retardant
materials throughout the interior.
Porsche Side Impact Protection (POSIP)