Individual protection at every seat

The exemplary crash responses of the new BMW 3-Series Sedan body also provide the best possible basis for the optimum design and set-up of the car's restraint systems. The sports sedan is equipped as standard with front and side airbags for the driver and front passenger, plus head airbags for both rows of seats. In European models the front airbags have two-stage deployment. Responding to the nature and severity of the impact, the integrated safety electronics ensure that only those airbags that are able to provide effective protection are deployed at the optimum time. Those airbags that are not required remain unused - and therefore ready to spring into action should there be a second collision. All seats are fitted with three-point inertia-reel seat belts, and the driver and front passenger also have belt latch tensioners and belt force limiters. Also part of standard specification are ISOFIX child seat attachment points for the rear seats.

    See also:

    The concept
    HDC is a downhill driving assistant that automatically controls vehicle speed on steep downhill gradients. Without the brakes being applied, the vehicle moves at slightly more than twice walki ...

    Locking
    ▷ Press the button. The doors are locked. ▷ Press the lock button of a door. To prevent you from being locked out, the opened driver's door cannot be locked using the lock button. ...

    Adjusting volume
    Turn the volume knob during the spoken instruction to select the desired volume. > The volume remains the same, even if the volume of other audio sources is changed. > The volume is stored for ...