Porsche 911 GT2 Brochure page 30

Airbags. The airbag control unit is located
in the centre tunnel where it
The 911 GT2 has a specially receives additional information
developed airbag technology from a pair of impact sensors
with a total of six airbags. The near the headlights. This arrange-
full-size front airbags have a two- ment allows faster and more
stage inflation function which accurate crash evaluation and
deploys each airbag separately in thus better airbag deployment.
accordance with the force and
nature of the impact (e.g., frontal
or diagonal) before inflating each
airbag accordingly. In a low-speed
crash, the airbag is only partially
inflated, thereby minimising
discomfort to the occupants.
Porsche Side Impact Protection
(POSIP).
The 911 GT2 is equipped as
standard with the latest generation
of Porsche Side Impact Protection
(POSIP). It features two additional
airbags for each front seat: a
head airbag located in each door
and a thorax airbag in the folding
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backrest on each of the standard eight litres, providing high protec-
sport bucket seats (see page 72). tion in the event of a side impact.
As well as offering exceptional Another important element of
support, the sport bucket seat POSIP is the side impact protection
provides a much higher level of with door reinforcement.
safety than conventional bucket
seat designs. Other safety features of the
911 GT2 are head restraints that
The thorax and head airbags each are an integral part of each seat,
have a volume of approximately an energy-absorbing steering
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column, three-point seat belts
with height adjustment, seat-belt
pre-tensioners and force limiters,
energy-absorbing elements in the
dashboard, and flame-retardant
materials throughout the interior.
Porsche Side Impact Protection (POSIP)
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Safety