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Tyre Pressure Monitor

Tyre Pressure Monitors alert you if your tyres are under- or over-inflated.

Traction Control

Traction Control (TC) helps your tyres gain traction and prevents wheel spin.

Speed Curve Warning

Speed Curve Warning alerts you if the speed you are travelling is too fast for curves or exits you are approaching.

Traditional and Adaptive Cruise Control

Traditional Cruise Control keeps a set speed. Adaptive Cruise Control also allows you to set a safe distance to the vehicle in front for safer and more convenient driving.

SRS Airbags

Airbags can help you avoid serious injury or death if you are involved in a crash.

Safe Exit Warning

Safe Exit Warning helps the driver or passengers avoid opening the door into the path of an approaching hazard, like a cyclist or another vehicle, in your vehicle’s blind spot, or getting out of your vehicle into the path of another vehicle.

Reverse Collision Warning

Activated when you put your vehicle in reverse, Reverse Collision Warning scans for obstacles behind the vehicle.

Lane Keeping and Centring Assistance

Lane Keeping Assistance returns your vehicle to its lane if you drift out without you indicating, helping you avoid potential collisions.

Remote Car Operation

Remote Car Operation allows you to connect wirelessly to your vehicle using your key fob or an app on your mobile phone.

Pedestrian, Cyclist and Obstacle Warning

Pedestrian, Cyclist and Obstacle Warning systems detect people walking or riding or slow-moving or stationary vehicles or other obstacles, helping you avoid collisions in built up areas.

Automatic Windscreen Wiper Activation

Automatic Windscreen Wiper Activation automatically turns on your windscreen wipers when it begins to rain.

Parking Warning

Parking Warning alerts you to the position of objects around your vehicle when you are parking or manoeuvring at low speeds.

Night Vision

Night Vision makes it easier to see objects or hazards ahead at night.

Low Temperature Warning

Low Temperature Warning alerts the driver when the temperature outside your vehicle is cold enough that roads are likely to icy.

Lane Departure Warning

If you begin moving out of your lane without indicating, Lane Departure Warning will alert the driver so you can steer back to the centre of your lane.

Intelligent Speed Assist Passive

Passive Intelligent Speed Assistance helps drivers drive within the posted speed limit.

Intelligent Speed Assist Active

Intelligent Speed Assistance helps drivers stay within the speed limit by alerting you to the posted speed or changes to the limit.

Fatigue Warning

Fatigue Warning can identify signs that a driver may be getting tired and alert you to stay awake or to take a break from driving.

Hill Start Assist

Hill Start Assist stops your vehicle rolling backwards when you are starting on a hill.

Hill Descent Assist

Hill Descent Assist increases vehicle control while driving down a steep slope, automatically adjusting use of the brakes to maintain a safe speed and stop slipping.

Headway Warning

Headway Warning helps drivers keep a safe following distance.

Blind Spot Warning

Blind Spot Warning alerts you if other vehicles are driving in your vehicle’s blind spots.

Forward Collision Warning

As you drive, Forward Collision Warning scans the road ahead to alert you to hazards that you can’t see, like pedestrians who are out of sight or vehicles stopped on the road.

Electronic Stability Control

Electronic Stability Control (ESC) reduces or stops skidding.

Cross Traffic Warning

Cross Traffic Warning alerts the driver if other vehicles are approaching from either side, in front or from behind to avoid colliding with other vehicles you may not be able to see.

Distraction Warning

Distraction Warning tracks the position of a driver’s face or eyes and alerts you if you are not paying attention to the road.

Collision Mitigation Support

Collision Mitigation Support can reduce your risk of injury in a crash.

Child Presence Detection

Child Presence Detection can alert you if a child has been left behind when the driver exits the vehicle.

Advanced Lighting

Advanced Lighting functions help you see more clearly when driving at night or in low light.

Automatic Emergency Steering

If collision avoidance systems sense a hazard that is likely to result in a collision and the driver does not respond to an alert, Automatic or Automated Emergency Steering can steer your vehicle away from the hazard.

Active Parking Assistance

Active Parking Assistance can control speed, steering and brakes to manoeuvre your vehicle into or out of a parking space.

Automatic Emergency Braking

Advanced emergency braking systems, also referred to as Automatic or Automated Emergency Braking (AEB), work to slow or stop your vehicle when approaching a stopped or slowed object.

Adaptive Lighting Systems

Adaptive Lighting Systems improve visibility at night for you without impacting other drivers.

Active Driving Assistance

Active Driving Assistance combines stand-alone ADAS functions to help control speed, braking and steering for short periods.

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Active Driving Assistance

Active Driving Assistance combines stand-alone ADAS functions to help control speed, braking and steering for short periods.

Sometimes referred to as ‘autopilot’, ‘highway assist’ or ‘traffic jam assist’, it combines functions like Adaptive Cruise Control, Automatic Emergency Braking and Lane Keeping Assistance to maintain vehicle speed, following distance and lane position. As this is considered a ‘convenience’ function that only assists control of your vehicle for a short time, you must remain in control of the vehicle at all times with your hands on the steering wheel.

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Active Driving Assistance combines stand-alone ADAS functions to help control speed, braking and steering for short periods.

Sometimes referred to as ‘autopilot’, ‘highway assist’ or ‘traffic jam assist’, it combines functions like Adaptive Cruise Control, Automatic Emergency Braking and Lane Keeping Assistance to maintain vehicle speed, following distance and lane position. As this is considered a ‘convenience’ function that only assists control of your vehicle for a short time, you must remain in control of the vehicle at all times with your hands on the steering wheel.

Download Fact Sheet PDF ↓
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