http://www.hiwhy.com/2008/12/09/chinese-auto-safety/ Focuses on Education, Business, Law and Other Topics Relevant to Chinese Americans Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.hiwhy.com/2008/12/09/chinese-auto-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-10682 Alexander Law Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:47:42 +0000 http://www.hiwhy.com/?p=633#comment-10682 I suppose if you hadn't been paying too much attention to the reality of automotive safety for the last decade you'd say that Volvo was "synonymous with product safety." But if you'd followed Volvo closely since its takeover by Ford you would know that the Swedish firm's attention to safety had waned, for financial reasons. Volvo has not proceeded with at least one safety system it used to say was essential -- automatic crash response similar to what GM has with OnStar -- because Ford had to stick to "essentials" during its last financial crisis. The safety ship sailed from Goteborg about five years ago. I suppose if you hadn’t been paying too much attention to the reality of automotive safety for the last decade you’d say that Volvo was “synonymous with product safety.” But if you’d followed Volvo closely since its takeover by Ford you would know that the Swedish firm’s attention to safety had waned, for financial reasons. Volvo has not proceeded with at least one safety system it used to say was essential — automatic crash response similar to what GM has with OnStar — because Ford had to stick to “essentials” during its last financial crisis. The safety ship sailed from Goteborg about five years ago.

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