New Equipment on European New Passenger Car Models: Extended Adoption of Parking Assist System and AFS

New Equipment on European New Passenger Car Models:
Extended Adoption of Parking Assist System and AFS
Active head restraints now prevail as standard equipment,
while ACC adoption is limited for high end cars.

Introduced below is a summary of major equipment featured in new passenger car models launched by European carmakers to European markets in and after 2005 (Some are planned to be released in autumn 2006).

The remarkable adoption of new functional equipment in the driving support area is the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) which follows a vehicle ahead even at a low speed and sounds an alarm to the driver when a collision seems apparent, and if necessary, prepares for emergency braking. DaimlerCrysler (DCX) will introduce it on the S-Class and CL-Class which will be released in autumn 2006. And also the Audi A6 and Q7 of VW, the 3 Series of BMW, the Range Rover Sport and the Jaguar XK of Ford, respectively, introduced it as an option or standard on some grades of models.

In the area of visibility, the adoption of the Adaptive Lights (AFS: Adaptive Front Lighting System) which swivel the light beams toward the way the car is heading, has expanded to the Citroen C6 of PSA and the Range Rover Sport of Ford as standard equipment.

In the collision safety area, the Active Head Restraints which protect occupants' necks during a rear-end collision have been equipped as standard on plural models of DCX and VW, and also on some models of PSA, Renault and GM.

In the area of parking assist, the Parking Sensors which prevent the hitting of obstacles have widely been adopted on some grades of models as standard or option.

■New technological equipment adopted by European new passenger car models

The following is a summary on models introduced into European markets in and after 2005
(some are planned to be released by the end of 2006)
(Model name in black= Standard on all models, In blue= Standard on some models, In red= Option)

	DCX	VW	Audi	BMW	PSA	Fiat	Renault	GM	Ford
(Driving support) Adaptive Cruise Control	S-Class, CL-Class		A6, Q7	3 Series					Range Rover Sport, Jaguar XK
(visibility) Adaptive Lights (AFS)	S-Class, CL-Class, M-Class, B-Class, R-Class,		A6, Q7	3 Series, X3	C6, 407 Coupe				Range Rover Sport, Jaguar XK, Freelander2
(Collision safety) Active Head Restraints	M-Class, B-Class, S-Class, R-Class	Passat, Passat Estate, Golf R32, Jetta	A6		407 Coupe		Clio	Vectra, Signum
(Parking assist) Parking Sensors	S-Class, R-Class, CL-Class, M-Class, B-Class,	Passat, Passat Estate, Golf R32, Jetta	Q7, A6, Leon	3 Series, X3,	407 Coupe, C6, 1007, 107, 207	Croma, Alfa 159, Grande Punto			Jaguar XK, Freelander2, Range Rover Sport, Volvo C70

Sources: Carmakers' press releases on new models and On-line Catalogs
(Notes)	The Leon of Audi is Seat brand The C6 of PSA is Citroen brand, and others are of the Peugeot brand. The Freelander 2 of Ford is the Land Rover brand.

■DCX introduced the Second Generation Pre-Safe System on the new S-Class.

DaimlerChrysler (DCX) equipped the new S-Class released in September 2005, with the second generation system of the Pre-Safe safety concept (initially announced in 2002), which predicts a potential accident and prepares for the occupant protection before the collision. The system will also be installed on the new CL-Class which is planned to be released this autumn.

The Second Generation collision safety equipment includes newly added features such as re-positioning seats to keep the right posture of occupants, reforming seat contours to protect occupants, closing side windows to prevent occupants' being ejected, and so on. The Active Head Restraints for rear seats are also equipped as standard.

Night Vision that is a viewing device during night and the ACC are available on the new S-Class as an option.

■DaimlerChrysler: Major equipment on the M-Benz brand cars released in and after 2005

The columns below the model names show the release months (Same as for the latter tables)
(◎= Standard on all grades, ○= Standard on some grades, △= Optional)

		M-Class	B-Class	S-Class	R-Class	CL-Class
		Apr. 2005	May 2005	Sep. 2005	Mar. 2006	Autumn, 2006
Driving stability	Electronic Stability Program with Acceleration Skid Control (Note 1)	◎	◎	◎	◎	◎
	Active Body Control (Note 2)			○		◎
	Tyre Pressure Loss Warning System (Note 3)	◎		◎	◎	△
	Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (Note 4)	△		△		◎
	ABS with Brake Assist	◎	◎	◎	◎	◎
	Adaptive Brake with Hold Function and Hill Start Assist (Note 5)			◎
	Distronic plus-Radar assisted Cruise Control includes Brake Assist (BAS plus) and Parking Assist (Note 6)			△		△
Improved visibility	Night View Assist (Note 7)			△
	Bi-Xenon with Active Light System and Cornering Light (Note 8)	△	△	○	△	○
	Intelligent Light System (Note 9)					△
	Rain Sensing Wipers Two-stage			◎	◎	◎
Collision safety	Pre-safe System for Anticipatory Occupant Protection (Note 10)	◎			◎	◎
	Driver and Front Passenger Seat with Pre-safe Positioning System (Note 11)			◎		◎
	Electric Windows with Pre-safe Closing Function (Note 12)			◎		◎
	Pre-safe Intelligent, Anticipatory Safety System (Note 13)			◎		◎
	Electric glass Sunroof with Pre-safe Closing Function (Note 14)			△
	Seat Belt Pre-tensioner, Belt Force Limiters and Automatic Height Adjustment - Front and Rear			◎		◎
	Automatic Child Seat Recognition Sensor	◎	◎	◎	◎	◎
	ISOFIX Child Seat fixing points in the Rear	◎	◎	△	◎	○
	Neck Pro Active Head Restraints - Front Seats adjustable for Height and Angle (Note 15)	◎			◎
	Head Restraints, Rear Electrically Folding			◎
	Active Head Restraints Frontseat adjustable for Height and Angle		◎
	Front Side Airbag	◎	◎	◎	◎	◎
	Rear Side Airbag	△	△	◎	△	◎
	Window Airbags	◎		◎	◎
	Curtain Airbag System for Front and Rear Passenger		◎			◎
Parking	Electric Parking Brake (Note 16)			◎
	Parktronic (Note 17)	△	△	○	○	○
	Reversing camera (Note 18)			△
Convenience	Luxury Automatic Climate Control	○	△	◎	○
	Luxury Automatic Climate Control - Rear			△
	Automatic Climate Control	◎			○	○
	Cockpit Management and Navigation Display (Note 19)	△	△	◎	△	○
Transmission	7G-Tronic 7-Speed Automatic Transmission with Tipfunction and Speedtronic Cruise Control (Note 20)			◎		○
	7G-Tronic 7-Speed Automatic Gearbox with Steering Column Gear Selector and Steering Wheel Gearshift Buttons and Speedtronic Cruise Control	◎			◎
	CVT		○

Sources: DaimlerChrysler's press releases on new models and on-line catalogs (as of early June 2006)
(Notes) 1.	The Electronic Stability Program (ESP) is an alternative European naming for the Electronic Stability Control (ESC).
2.	According to the motion of the vehicle body at starting or cornering, the system controls instantly the hydraulic units installed within each of four suspension coil springs electronically.
3.	Detecting the reduced inflation pressure of any tire, the system sounds an alarm.
4.	Detecting the reduced inflation pressure of any tire, the system indicates a warning in the display on board.
5.	At a hill start, the system prevents unnecessary roll back while a driver lifts his or her foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal. It also has a function to keep the car standing still during stopping at a traffic signal for example, without the driver having to press the brake pedal.
6.	The cruise control functions were enhanced, and the name for the system was thus changed from the Distronic to the Distronic plus. The system supports the speed range from standing still to 200km/h, and also supports sequential changes of driving conditions such as running → stopping → restarting → accelerating.
7.	During night driving, the system supports the safe recognition of objects ahead, detecting them by an infrared viewing system and displaying their images. The head lights with infrared filters beam up to 150m ahead of the vehicle, the reflection is then viewed by an infrared camera behind the wind shield, and the image is shown on the display located in the gauge panel.
8.	According to the steering angle and the car speed, the beam-axes of the head lights swivel up to 12 degrees to the right or left, thus, illuminating the actual direction which the vehicle is running.
9.	The system has five functions including, country road mode which assists earlier recognition of obstacles or pedestrians by widening the visibility of the driver at least 10m, and the motorway mode which increases beaming power from 35 watts to 38 watts at speeds of 90km/h or more.
10.	If an accident or collision cannot be avoided, the system changes the shape of the side-support of the seats, keeping the clearance between the occupants and doors at a good distance, and it thus increases the efficiency of side airbags.
11.	If an accident or collision cannot be avoided, the system automatically adjusts the passenger seat back and cushion and the rear seats to a suitable position.
12.	If an accident or collision can not be avoided, the system closes the side windows automatically to prevent occupants' being ejected out.
13.	If a dangerous condition is sensed from the break assist sensor, the system retracts the seat-belts for the driver and the passenger to hold them before the collision.
14.	If the vehicle starts to drift, the system closes the sun-roof automatically.
15.	Upon a rear-end collision, if the impact exceeds a certain level, the system moves head-restraints forward and upward instantly, to prevent the occupants' heads from suffering rear whiplash, and thus reducing the impact given to their necks.
16.	It can be activated by pushing a button. And it is automatically released at starting.
17.	The system detects obstacles around the front and rear bumpers by ultrasonic sensors, and supports the driver's operation by informing the driver of the approaching conditions by indicators and an alarm.
18.	Shifting the gear to reverse, the system automatically displays the rearward view on a front display (in a monochrome image).
19.	Various informational functions including navigation are easily set by a dial type controller located in front of the arm-rests
20.	The system instantly respond to the driver's accelerator operations and manual tip-shift operations. To accelerate sharply, it kicks down from the seventh to the fifth gear directly, for example.

■VW: New models have come up with Curtain Air Bags equipped as standard.

VW released five new VW brand models in and after 2005. Four models out of the five (except the Fox introduced in April 2006), were equipped with Curtain Air Bags as standard.

■VW: Major equipment on the VW brand cars released in and after 2005

(◎= Standard on all grades, ○= Standard on some grades, △= Optional)

		Passat	Passat Estate	Golf R32	Jetta	FOX
		Mar. 2005	Aug. 2005	Nov. 2005	Feb. 2006	Apr. 2006
Driving stability	Electronic Stabilisation Programme					△
	ESP including Electronic Differential Lock and Traction Control (Note 1)	◎	◎		◎
	ESP including EDL (Note 2)			◎
	Tyre Pressure Monitoring System, Electronic	△	△		○
	ABS					◎
	ABS includes Brake Assist System and Electronic Brake-pressure Distribution (Note 3)	◎	◎
	ABS with Hydraulic Brake Assist			◎	◎
	Cruise Control	○	○	△	○
Improved visibility	Automatic Hazard Lights Activation under Severe Braking (Note 4)	◎	◎
	Gas Discharge (Bi-Xenon) Dipped and Main Beam Headlights			◎
	Rear Lights incorporating LED technology	◎	◎		◎
	Body coloured Door Mirrors with Intergrated Indicators incorporating LED technology (Note 5)		◎		◎
Collision safety	Height-adjustable Front Three-point Seat Belts with Tensioners	◎	◎	◎	◎	◎
	Warning Buzzer and Light for Front Seat Belt if Unfastened	◎	◎	◎	◎
	ISOFIX Child Seat fixings in Rear	◎	◎	◎	◎	◎
	Driver's and Front Passenger's Whiplash Optimised Head Restraints (Note 6)	◎	◎	◎	◎
	Front Side Airbag			◎		△
	Rear Side Airbag	△	△	△	△
	Curtain Airbag for Front and Rear Passenger	◎	◎	◎	◎
	Passenger's Airbag with Cut-off Device	◎	◎	◎	◎
Parking assist	Parking Sensor Ultrasonic Front and Rear Sensors, Audible (Note 7)	△	△		△
	Parking Sensor - Rear			△
	Electronic Parking Brake (with Hill hold Function on Automatics) (Note 8)	◎	◎
	Electronic Engine Immobiliser	◎	◎	◎	◎	◎
Convenience	Climatic semi-Automatic Air Conditioning,	○	○	◎	△	△
	Multifunction Computer (Note 9)	◎	◎	◎	◎
	Combined DVD navigation/Radio System	△	△	△	△
	Bluetooth Telephone Preparation	△	△
	Cargo Management System (Note 10)		△
	Electric Rear Windscreen Sunblind	△
(transmission) AMT (Note 11)		○	○	○	○

Sources: VW's press releases on new models and on-line catalogs (as of early June 2006)
(Notes) 1.	If the vehicle fell into unstable conditions, the system controls the brake and engine power adequately.
2.	The EDL stands for the Electronic Differential Lock. The system controls the difference in revolutions between left and right wheels, to stabilize the braking force, even during emergency braking.
3.	The Electronic Brake-pressure Distribution (EBD) delivers adequate brake force between front and rear wheels according to vehicle driving conditions.
4.	Detecting a sudden braking, hazard warning lights blink automatically to avoid any danger.
5.	At lane changing and at left or right turning, the LED built in door mirrors blink, being linked with the turn signal lamps.
6.	Upon the occasion of a rear-end collision, head restraints instantly move forward to reduce the neck injuries.
7.	Detecting obstacles around the front and rear bumpers, it sounds an alarm.
8.	The parking brake can be applied through the touch of a button, instead of operating a lever or a pedal.
9.	The time, outdoor temperature, the average gas mileage etc., are displayed.
10.	According to the amount of luggage and number of occupants, the luggage space can be arranged freely.
11.	The AMTs are all Dual-Clutch type.

■Audi brand models: the A6 and the Q7 are provided with the ACC and the AFS as option.

The A6 (released in March 2005) and the Q7 (released in March 2006) of the Audi brand came up with the ACC and the AFS as an option. The A6 also has a parking assist system as an option.

■VW: Major equipment on the Audi brand cars released in and after 2005

(◎= Standard on all grades, ○= Standard on some grades, △= Optional)

		Audi A6	SEAT Leon	Audi Q7
		Mar. 2005	Sep. 2005	Mar. 2006
Driving stability	Electronic Stability Program with Extended on and off-road Functions			◎
	Anti-Slip Regulation Traction Control. Prevents the Driven Wheels from Spinning by Reducing Engine Speed	◎
	Electronic Differential Lock Traction Control	◎
	Electronic Stability Program Networks the ABS, EBD, ASR and EDL Systems	◎
	ESP		◎
	ESP with EBA		△
	Tyre-Pressure Monitor.	△	◎	△
	ABS and Electronic Brake-Force Distribution	◎		◎
	ABS		◎
	Cruise Control	◎
	Adaptive Cruise Control (Note 1)	△		△
	Cruise Control With Trip Computer		△
	Audi Lane-Change Assistant (Note 2)			△
visibility	Light Sensor for Automatic Activation of Headlights	◎		◎
	Adaptive Lights (Note 3)	△		△
	Xenon Plus Headlights/Bi-xenon Headlight (Note 4)	△	△	△
	Rain Sensor for Automatic Activation of Front Wipers	◎		◎
Collision safety	ISOFIX Child Seat mounting (front left and outer rear seats)	◎		◎
	Active Front Head Restraints	◎
	Head Restraints for all Five seats	◎
	Driver and Front - passenger Airbag with Front-passenger Airbag de-activation	◎		◎
	Side Airbags for Driver and Front passenger	◎	◎	◎
	Sideguard Head Airbag System to protect front and outer rear passengers in a Side Collision	◎		◎
	Rear Side Airbags	△	△	△
	Curtain Airbags		◎
Parking assist	Rear Acoustic Parking/Rear Parking Sensor (Note 5)		△	◎
	Electromechanical Parking Brake (Note 6)	◎
	Acoustic and Optical Parking System (Note 7)	△
	Audi Parking System Advanced (Note 8)	△		△
Convenience	Automatic Climate Control with separate driver and front passenger controls			◎
	Automatic Air-Conditioning plus (Note 9)	◎
	Preparation for Mobile Phone (Bluetooth) in front centre armrest			△
	Multi-Media Interface (Note 10)	◎
(transmission) Multitronic (Note 11)		○

Sources: Audi's press releases on new models and on-line catalogs (as of early June 2006)
(Notes) 1.	Predicting the danger of collision, the hydraulic brake assist system becomes alert condition, to enable the most effective braking instantly on a driver's brake application.
2.	At lane changing, if the rear vehicle is approaching closely, the system sounds an alarm for the driver.
3.	Detecting the steering wheel's angle and the car speed, head lights swivel adequately to beam toward the cornering direction.
4.	The HID uses xenon lights. The name Xenon Plus Headlights is from Audi, and Bi-xenon Headlights is of SEAT.
5.	At the left and right hand sides of the rear bumper, ultrasonic sensors are built in to measure the distance between obstacles and the car body. The system warns of approaching obstacles by sounding an alarm. The naming of Rear Acoustic Parking is from Audi, and the Rear Parking Sensor is from SEAT.
6.	The parking brake can be applied through the touch of a button.
7.	By sounding an alarm and displaying an image, the system informs the driver of the distance between obstacles and the car body.
8.	At parking, the system detects if there is any obstacle in the front or rear of the car using ultrasonic sensors, and also shows the rearward view on the display.
9.	The air conditioning for the driver and passenger can be set separately.
10.	The controller located on the center console enables the centralized control of audio, navigation etc.
11.	Audi's unique continuously variable transmission, which copes with the high torque range of the engine.

■BMW: The new 3 series are provided with the ACC and the AFS as an option, and the new X3 will have the high performance ESC as standard.

BMW introduced the new 3 series in March 2005, featuring the ACC and the AFS as an option, and will release the new X3 in autumn 2006 with the high performance ESC as standard. Each model has/will have a parking assist system as standard on some grades.

The new X3, in the area of driving stability as well, will be armed with the Dynamic Stability Control + (plus) as standard, which adds four functions on the Dynamic Stability Control.

Additionally, the 5 Series, the 6 Series and the 7 Series, which enjoyed minor changes in 2005, feature the BMW Night Vision as option, which looks 300m ahead using an infrared camera.

■BMW: Major equipment on the BMW brand cars released in and after 2005

(◎= Standard on all grades, ○= Standard on some grades, △= Optional)

		3 Series	X3
		Mar. 2005	Autumn, 2006
Driving stability	Dynamic Stability Control	◎
	Dynamic Stability Control + (Note 1)		◎
	xDrive (Note 2)		◎
	Run-flat Tyres including Run-Flat Indicator	◎	◎
	ABS	◎	◎
	Cornering Brake Control (Note 3)	◎	◎
	Automatic Differential Brake (Note 4)		◎
	Hill Descent Control (Note 5)		◎
	Cruise Control	○	○
	Active Cruise Control (Note 6)	△
	Cruise Control with Brake Function (Note 7)	○
visibility	Rain Sensor and Automatic Driving Lights Control	○	○
	Bi-xenon Lights for Low-beam and High-beam Headlights	△	△
	Adaptive Headlights (Note 8)	△	△
Collision safety	ISOFIX child seat attachment for the front seat	△	△
	ISOFIX child seat fixings in rear	○	◎
	Headrests at the rear	◎	◎
	Airbags - Driver and Front passenger, Front side and ITS Head Airbags (Note 9)	◎
	Airbags - Head Airbags front and rear		◎
	Airbags - Side airbags at the front for driver and front passenger		◎
	Airbags - Side Airbags for rear-seat passengers		△
Parking	Park Distance Control at the rear only	○
	Park Distance Control front and rear	△	○
	Electronic Immobiliser	◎
Convenience	Air Conditioning - Automatic	○	◎
	AUX input point for Auxiliary Playing Devices (eg Apple iPod)	◎
	Telephone - Bluetooth Telephone Preparation	△
	Telephone - Bluetooth Telephone Preparation with Telematics Preparation	△

Sources: BMW's press releases on new models and on-line catalogs (as of early June 2006)
(Notes) 1.	Four functions, such as the Hill Start Assistant which applies brake to prevent rollback at a hill start of a manual transmission car, are added on the Dynamic Stability Control.
2.	Using an electronically controlled center coupling, the system controls the delivery of driving forces between the front and rear wheels instantly.
3.	At the application of the brakes while cornering, the system automatically controls the brake fluid pressure on each wheel to prevent the car's swerving from the lane.
4.	The sub-system of the Dynamic Stability Control: Detecting road wheel spin or reduced traction, the system retrieves the wheel grips controlling each wheel by braking.
5.	While descending a steep path or snowy road, the system enables a safe and sure drive controlling brakes automatically.
6.	Using millimeter-wave radar, the system keeps a set distance from the vehicle ahead. When detecting a slower vehicle ahead in the same lane, it reduces the speed, and if the lane becomes clear, it accelerates up to the set speed automatically.
7.	While descending down hill, the system automatically applies the brakes to maintain a set speed. If the driver set the speed lower, the system decelerates the car up to the speed by applying the brakes.
8.	Detecting the motion to pass a curve and the speed of the car, the headlights swivel horizontally to beam toward the cornering direction up to 15°.
9.	During a side collision, it prevents a head impact against side windows. Also it protects the occupants' heads against intruding objects from outside.

■PSA: The Citroen C6 and the Peugeot 407 Coupe feature the AFS and the parking assist system as standard.

PSA equipped the Citroen C6 introduced in December 2005 with the AFS as standard and the parking assist system as standard for some grades. And also equipped Peugeot 407 coupe introduced in January 2006 with the AFS as standard for some grades and the parking assist system as standard.

The parking assist system was provided as an option for the Peugeot 1007/107 released in 2005, and for the Peugeot 207 released in April 2006 as well.

■PSA: Major equipment on the Peugeot/Citroen brand cars released in and after 2005

(◎= Standard on all grades, ○= Standard on some grades, △= Optional)

		Peugeot 1007	Peugeot 107	Citroen C1	Citroen C6	Peugeot 407 Coupe	Peugeot 207
		Apr. 2005	Jun. 2005	Jun. 2005	Dec. 2005	Jan. 2006	Apr. 2006
Driving stability	ESP						○
	Stability Control with Traction Control	◎			◎
	ESP with ASR, CBC and Dynamic Stability Control (Note 1)					◎
	Cornering Stability Control (Note 2)			◎
	Tyre Pressure Monitor				◎	◎	○
	ABS			◎
	Electronic Brakeforce Distribution			◎
	ABS with EBD and EBA (Note 3)				◎
	ABS with Electronic Brake Force Distribution and EBA	◎	◎			◎	◎
	Cruise Control with Speed Limiter (Note 4)	△			◎	◎	△
	Lane Departure Warning System (Note 5)				○
visibility	Dual-Function Xenon Headlamps with Washers (Note 6)				◎	○
	Rain Sensitive Windscreen Wipers				◎
	Automatic Rain Sensing Front Wipers	○	○				○
Collision safety	Front Seatbelts with Pyrotechnic Pretensioners and Force Limiters	◎	◎	◎		◎	◎
	Isofix child seats anchorage points	◎	◎	○	◎	◎
	Active Head Restraints					◎
	Passenger's Airbag with Cut-off Device			◎
	Lateral (front and rear) and Curtain (front and rear) Airbags				◎
	Front Side Airbags	◎	◎	○		◎	◎
	Front/Rear Curtain Airbags	◎	◎			◎	○
Parking assist	Front & Rear Parking Sensors				○
	Front Parking Aid					○
	Rear Parking Aid	△	△			◎	△
	Electric Parking Brake				◎
Convenience	Automatic dual zone Air Conditioning with Rear Relay Blower				◎		○
Convenience	digital Air-Conditioning with Climate Control	○				◎
(transmission) AMT		○	○

Sources: Peugeot and Citroen's press releases on new models and on-line catalogs (as of early June 2006)
(Notes) 1.	The ASR is a traction control system. The CBC is a cornering brake control system. It works with the ESP at a tight corner to support stable driving, delivering a higher brake pressure to the outer wheels from the beginning of the corner.
2.	It assures stability at cornering. (Details of the system are unknown.)
3.	EBA stands for Emergency Brake Assist. If insufficient braking was detected during an emergency, the system assists the braking operation of the driver adding the necessary braking force.
4.	The speed limiter prevents the gaining of speed after the car has reached the set speed requiring the driver press the accelerator pedal with additional force. It can be released pressing the accelerator pedal hard.
5.	If the system determines the car has gone out of the lane, it gives an alarm by vibrating the seat. It works at speeds of more than 80km/h.
6.	Detecting the steering angle, the AFS swivels the light beam horizontally up to 15°.

■Fiat/Renault: Three new models out of four came up with the parking assist system as standard.

Fiat equipped, out of four new models released in and after 2005, the Croma (as standard), Alfa 159 and Grande Punto (as standard for some grades) with the parking assist system.

The new model Renault introduced in and after 2005 is the Clio only, which featured the new function of the Active Head Restraint as standard.

■Fiat: Major equipment on the Fiat/Alfa Romeo brand cars released in and after 2005

(◎= Standard on all grades, ○= Standard on some grades, △= Optional)

		Fiat Croma	Alfa 159	Fiat Grande Punto	Fiat Sedici
		Jun. 2005	Jun. 2005	Sep. 2005	Mar. 2006
Driving stability	Electronic Stability Program+ASR/MSR, HBA and Hill Holder	○		○
	VDC with Hill Holder (ABS+ASR+EBD+Brake Assistant)		○
	Tyre Pressure Sensor		△	△
	ABS+Electronic Brake Distribution			◎	◎
	Cruise Control	○	○	△
visibility	Bi-Xenon Headlights with Headlight Washer System		△
Collision safety	Height-adjustable front Seats Belts with Pretensioner, Buckle Sensor and Load Limiters			◎
	Isofix Attachments				◎
	Front, Side and Window Airbags	◎		○	◎
	Passenger Knee Airbag		△
	Passenger Airbag Deactivation System	◎		◎
	Rear Side Airbags	△
Parking	Reverse Parking Sensor (Note )	◎	○	○
Convenience	Automatic dual-zone Climate Control System	○	○	○	○

Sources: Fiat's press releases on new models and on-line catalogs (as of early June 2006)
(Note)	The system gives an alarm with a special sound when the car is backing into a parking space, and if it is approaching obstacles hidden from the driver's view.

■Renault: Major equipment on the Renault brand cars released in and after 2005

(◎= Standard on all grades, △= Option)

Renault Clio

Oct.
2005

Driving
stability Electronic Stability Program △

Tire Pressure Monitoring System △

ABS with EBD and Brake Assist ◎

Cruise Control with Speed Limiter △

Collision
safety ISOFIX points on Front Passenger Seat and Outer Rear Seats ◎

New Generation Height Adjustable System
for Restraint & Protection Front Headrests ◎

Front Side Air Bag ◎

Key Deactivation of Front and Side Passenger Airbags (Note ) ◎

Sources: Renault's press releases on new models and on-line catalogs (as of early June 2006)
(Note) On-Off switch for the airbags' operation

■GM/Ford: Ford introduced new functions widely for the models of Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo.

Among GM's European models, the Vectra/Signum released in September 2005, came up with the Active Head Restraints as standard.

Ford equipped the new Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo brand models with the ACC, the AFS and the parking assist system as standard for some grades of them.

■GM: Major equipment on the GM brand cars released in and after 2005

(◎= Standard on all grades, ○= Standard on some grades)

		Zafira	Vectra	Signum	Meriva
		Jul. 2005	Sep. 2005	Sep. 2005	Feb. 2006
Driving stability	Emergency Brake Assist	◎	◎	◎	◎
	Anti-lock Braking System with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution				◎
	Anti-lock Braking System	◎	◎	◎
	Electronic Brakeforce Distribution	◎	◎	◎
	Cornering Brake Control	◎	◎	◎
	Cruise Control		◎	◎
Collision safety	ISOFIX child seat system for outer rear seats	◎	◎	◎	◎
	Active-safety Front Seat Head Restraints		◎	◎
	Front seat Side-impact Airbags	◎	◎	◎
	Full-size Curtain Airbags		◎	◎
(transmission) AMT					○

Sources: European GM's press releases on new models and on-line catalogs (as of early June 2006)

■Ford: Major equipment on the European Ford brand cars released in and after 2005

(◎= Standard on all grades, ○= Standard on some grades, △= Optional)

Range
Rover
Sport Jaguar
XK Volvo
C70 Land
Rover
Freelander
2

Jun.
2005 Mar.
2006 Apr.
2006 Autumn,
2006

Driving
stability Dynamic Stability Control ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎

Active Roll Mitigation (Note 1) ◎

Tyre Pressure Monitoring System △

Anti-Lock Braking System ◎ ◎

Emergency Brake Assist ◎ ◎

Electronic Brakeforce Distribution ◎ ◎

ABS with EBD & EBA ◎

4 Channel all terrain ABS
with all round ventilated disc brakes ◎

Cruise Control ◎ ◎ ◎

Cruise Control with Active Speed Limiter (Note 2) ◎

Adaptive Cruise Control with Forward Alert (Note 3) ○ △

visibility Automatic Bi-Xenon Headlights with Corner Lamps ◎

Bi-Xenon Adaptive Headlights ○ △

Active Front Lighting (dynamic pivoting headlamps) △

Rain Sensing Windscreen Wipers ◎ ◎

Collision
safety Rear Child set ISOfix points ◎ △

Rear Side Airbags ◎

Front Side Airbags ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎

Adaptive Restraint Technology System (Note 4) ◎

Parking
assist Front Parking Assist
with Touch-Screen Visual Aids (Note 5) △

Rear Parking Assist with
Touch-Screen Visual Aids (Note 5) ◎

Park Distance Control (rear) ○ ◎

Park Distance Control (front) ○ ○

Rear Park Assist (Note 6) △

Electronic Park Brake ◎ ◎

Convenience Automatic Climate Control ◎

Electronic Climate Control
with Air Quality System and Pollen Filter ◎

The dual zone Automatic Climate Control ◎ ◎

Bluetooth Telephone Connectivity ◎

Sources: European Ford's press releases on new models and on-line catalogs (as of early June 2006)

(Notes) 1. At high speed cornering, if either side wheel lifts, the automatic brake system activates to keep the car stable.

2. The system automatically inhibits any exceeding of the speed set by the cruise control.

3. The system controls the speed according to the distance from the vehicle ahead, and, as necessary, warns the driver for braking or activates the brake automatically.

4. The weight sensors built in seats etc. accurately detect the front seats occupants' conditions such as existence/locations/frames, to control the deployment level of the airbags adequately during a frontal collision.

5. The ultrasonic sensors on the front and rear bumpers warn the driver with a sound at the detection of obstacles, and display the location of the obstacles in the touch screen on a center console.

6. If the rear bumper approaches obstacles, it sounds an alarm.