Safety and environment 71
Airbags and Porsche Side Impact
Protection System (POSIP).
The new 911
models offer advanced
airbag technology in the form of full-size
driver and front passenger airbags, which
are inflated in two stages depending on
the severity and type of accident.
All new 911
models are also equipped as
standard with the Porsche Side Impact
Protection System (POSIP). It comprises
side impact protection elements inthe
doors and two airbags on each side.
Anintegral thorax airbag is located in
each seat side bolster, while the door
panels each contain an upwards-inflating
head airbag. Eachthorax airbag has a
volume of 10litres and eachhead airbag
15litres, ensuring excellent protection
in theevent of a side impact.
Roll-over protection.
In the 911
Carrera Cabriolet models,
an automatically deploying roll-over
protection system offers added
protection if the car were to overturn.
Two spring-loaded roll-over bars are
neatly incorporated behind the rear
seats. Theroll-over sensor continuously
monitors the car’s pitch and roll, contact
with the road, as well as lateral and
longitudinal forces. The instant a potential
roll-over is detected, it initiates deployment
of the roll-over bars within fractionsof a
second. For the 911 Targa 4 and
911 Targa 4S, added roll-over safety is
provided by a steel protection system
concealed behind the aluminium trim of
the Targa roll bar.
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