Air Bags

Guest · Sep 18, 2005

Hi, this is my first posting on the forum. Could anyone tell me if drivers and / or passenger airbags were offered on the 944? If so from what year?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers.

Fen · Sep 18, 2005

If you're in the UK or any RHD market then no, they weren't.

Guest · Sep 19, 2005

Were they offered in other markets, Fen? When did airbags start being fitted to other cars? The 944 must have finished production 14-15 yrs ago, cant remember if airbags were even invented then!? [8|]

Diver944 · Sep 19, 2005

Certainly the US 944s had airbags. I 'think' it was with the introduction of the oval dash but I'm not sure.

What I am sure about is that the airbag wheel is even uglier than the lozenge one we have [:'(]

Fen · Sep 19, 2005

Aside from the fact there is nothing wrong with the lozenge I think that's nearly right. I'm 99% sure there was no airbag square dash 944 (probably no airbag 924 either as it shared the dash). I don't believe the very first oval dash cars in the US had airbags either however; I suspect the dash was re-engineered later to have them, probably quite soon after - maybe for '87?. They didn't bother to re-engineer the RHD cars for airbags until the 968. I'm not even sure if the RHD 968 had a passenger bag.

Guest · Sep 19, 2005

But then, of course, pre-oval and oval dash had the same original steering wheel, so your answer is probably right even if the logic is slightly askew.

danmason · Sep 20, 2005

I think they brought in the airbags option (in the US) with the Turbo; I certainly remember reading somewhere that the Turbo was the first production car in the world to offer passenger airbags. Paul's right about the 'buttock' wheel, it's horrid, but I have to disagree with the disparaging marks about the lozenge!