From the 600 to a car with six airbags

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A lot can happen in 60 years, and when it comes to safety that’s a long time for cars to evolve. In terms of safety, and several other topics, cars today bear little resemblance to those of yesteryear. To illustrate this we can compare a 1963 #seat #600 D to the #seat Ibiza FR with the following results:

- Airbags and headrests. “The #seat #600 wasn’t equipped with headrests”, recalls Javier Luzón, head of Passive Safety at #seat. This feature makes a significant contribution to preventing whiplash when the car is involved in a low speed collision from the rear. In addition, whereas some #seat Ibizas have up to six airbags, the #seat #600 had none, because that technology did not become widespread until the 90s.

- #seat belt. It was developed in the 60s. But in the beginning it was “an inextensible strap that users had to adjust to their body”, explains Luzón. The difference today is that this element of passive safety adapts itself to the user’s body and not the other way round.