Volvo’s safety philosophy is as old as the company itself. More than 70 years ago, Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larson, the founders of Volvo, stated that
Providing all the passengers with the best possible protection in an accident is one of the cornerstones of the Volvo Cars and Ford Motor Company safety philosophy.
Virtual car design might be said to have moved from the stone age to the present day in a space of eight years. In 1994, it took several hours to display a design sketch on a computer – now, it takes 30 seconds!