Porsche CAYENNE Brochure page 49

With over 50 years in motorsport, we appreciate the importance of safety.
Airbags.
All Cayenne models are equipped
with full-size front airbags for driver
and front passenger as standard.
These are augmented by a side-
impact protection system featuring
a thorax airbag in each front seat.
Curtain-type airbags on each side
of the roof provide extensive head
protection for both rows of seats.
When these are deployed, they
form a protective cushion along
the side of the car with a total
volume of around 20 litres.
Two additional impact sensors
are located at the front of the car
to enable better detection of
a head-on collision. As a result,
the front airbags can be more
accurately deployed in response
to the specific characteristics
of what can often be a complex result, the airbags are lighter,
impact scenario. more compact and easier to
recycle. A roll-over detection
The driver and front passenger system provides additional
airbags use a gas generant based protection in the event that the
on an organic propellant. As a car were to overturn. Using
sensor-acquired data, it enables
early deployment of the curtain
airbags and triggers the seat-belt
pre-tensioners.
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Interior safety features. seats) and force limiters (front
seats only). The front passenger
The Cayenne models feature seat and outer rear seats are also
three-point seat belts on all five equipped with ISOFIX mounting
seats, as well as seat-belt pre- points for compatible child seats.
tensioners (front and outer rear If a child seat is mounted on the
Passive safety: airbags
front passenger seat, the
corresponding airbag can
be quickly deactivated using
a key-operated switch.
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Safety