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The Fiat 500 has just achieved the
prestigious Euro NCAP five-star crash safety rating, (with a total of 35
points), so taking over top spot in its segment for safety.
This important award adds to those
assigned recently to the Fiat Bravo and Grande Punto, and confirms the
special attention Fiat Automobiles SpA pays to all aspects of driver and
passenger protection.
This is the first time that a car of
this size has achieved five stars and the 500 is now one of the safest
vehicles on today’s roads. To achieve the rating, Fiat designers
examined every possible type of accident: front and side impacts,
roll-overs and rear-end collisions. The different speeds at which
collisions take place, different types of obstacles and the protection
of occupants with widely varying physical characteristics, were also
taken into consideration. The Fiat 500 offers, as standard, two
dual stage front airbags, two front side airbags for chest/pelvis
protection, two window-bags and a driver’s knee airbag. Front seat-belts
with a double pretensioner and load limiter are also standard equipment.As well as incorporating a high
performance braking system, the Fiat 500 features ABS anti-lock brakes
with EBD and ESP. This sophisticated system is standard on the 1.4 16v
version and an option on the other two versions (1.2 and 1.3 MultiJet).
The Fiat 500 is a car
designed and built to achieve the highest levels of quality, as the
safety award by Euro NCAP confirms. This total protection feature has
contributed to the sales success of the model – since its launch this
summer the car has already won over Italy and France, with around 70,000
orders to date.
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