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Audi R8 Safety |
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Audi believes that safety and performance are not mutually exclusive. Extensive airbag programs, the Audi backguard system, a rigid body shell and three point seat-belts are all evidence of Audi's increasing insistence on producing safe vehicles. |
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Safety |
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Airbags
Full-size dual threshold airbags, seat mounted chest side airbags and knee airbags help protect the driver and front passenger in a collision. Full-size airbags for driver and front passenger are triggered in two stages: Front knee and side airbags. |
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ASF®
Audi was the first brand to use aluminum to manufacture production car bodies. This is a new-generation, high-strength Audi space frame ASF® made from aluminum and magnesium which offers extreme rigidity and minimal weight and has been developed specially for the R8.
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quattro®
Audi’s legendary all-wheel drive system provides increased traction on all road surfaces. Rear-heel drive oriented driving feeling, excellent acceleration, superb stability without sacrificing one bit of the high level of active safety with which quattro® has become synonymous. |
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Audi backguard system
If the car is struck from the rear, the seat is shaped to restrain the occupant’s upper body and support the head at an early stage. |
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