The first Volvo car to be equipped with an airbag left the assembly line in 1987 - and during the past 20 years Volvo Cars has continuously refined the airbag technology to enhance protection in both frontal and side impacts. Among the Volvo world firsts are both the seat-mounted side airbag and the Inflatable Curtain (IC).
The first Volvo car equipped with an airbag left the assembly line in 1987 - and since then the company has extended the technology with several world-firsts. Volvo was first with both the seat-mounted side airbag and the Inflatable Curtain (IC) - and in 2012 the technology's 25th anniversary was celebrated with the introduction of the groundbreaking pedestrian airbag in the all-new Volvo V40.
Volvo unveiled the first car of an entirely new model series in June 1991, the Volvo 850 GLT. The Volvo 850 GLT was launched under the banner of "A dynamic car with four world-beating breakthroughs".