| Volvo vehicles and automobiles are known to have | | | | where the vehicle's passengers would also be seated. |
| style and power that surpasses every other vehicle | | | | On the other hand, the "crumpled zones" then |
| found on the streets. Aside from that, Volvo has also | | | | referred to that part which would absorb all of the |
| been quite affiliated with safety and safety has | | | | impact that was brought along by collision and |
| certainly been part of the manufacturer's mindset | | | | crashes. Safety innovations were added in to their |
| when it comes to crafting and producing new | | | | vehicle models and the safety list included three-point |
| vehicles to introduce to the market. 1998 was the | | | | seatbelts, padded dashboards, the Whiplash |
| year when Volvo, an automobile manufacturer of | | | | Protection System (WHIPS), and the BLIS system |
| commercial vehicles, trucks and buses, was acquired | | | | which is a sensor system that alerts the driver when |
| by the Ford Motor Company to become one with its | | | | a car enters in the vehicle's blind spot. Because of this |
| Premier Automotive Group. Although this was so, the | | | | whole safety system that Volvo has introduced and |
| original company of Volvo was decades earlier, in | | | | incorporated in their cars and automobiles, Volvo has |
| 1927, in Sweden. | | | | then started being recognized as the vehicle which |
| "Safety cage and crumple zones" concept was what | | | | aspires for greater safety. |
| had sparked Volvo's reputation for safety and | | | | One of the vehicles that Volvo has crafted and |
| security, and all these had started back during the | | | | manufactured is the Volvo 740. It had a lifespan of |
| extravagant and colorful '60s. The "safety cages" | | | | approximately a decade which started from the year |
| would refer to the strong materials that were used | | | | 1984 up until 1992. |