5K Safety Ratings 1988 vs 1989

[C1J1Miller at aol.com]

So, hit count on google is the authority?
I agree, the term came from programmed contraction and tensioning, but Audi published various brochures in that era with the procon 10 name.   The one I referenced was called "Audi Safety"; some 30+ pages of rollover protection, airbags, crumple zones, etc. and Pro-con 10.  Brochure was produced when the procon system was first introduced; most later marketing talks of the parts of the system (seatbelt tensioners, etc.) but doesn't refer to the system by name.

It's just a marketing nickname, after all, and Audi isn't known for always being "precise" in their terminology.

According to babelfish.altavista.com,
"programmed contraction and tensioning" in German is "programmierte Kontraktion und Spannen"
so it is not a literal translation of the German, anyways...

Most if not all of the tech/marketing docs I've seen were prepared in Germany for the english speaking markets... not by the small (frequently changing) USA staff.

Apparently there was an SAE document:
sae 870490
02-23-1987
Occupant Protection in Motor Vehicle Accidents
AUTHOR:
Ulrich Seiffert - Research Div. Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany

Haven't read it...

Chris

In a message dated 8/1/2003 1:17:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ti at amb.org writes:

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> C1J1Miller at aol.com writes:
> > ben swann writes:
> > >> I believe it is because of the PROCON 10 seatbelt retensioning and
> >
> > Ti responds:
> > <Minor correction... it's "Procon-Ten", not "Procon 10".  <Then "Ten" is a short for "tension", not the number.
> > <
> > <I know, picky, picky... :)
> > <
> > <-Ti
> >
> > Period brochures by Audi call it "Pro-con 10":
> >
> > http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/procon10.html
> > http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/images/safety/pro-con10-1.gif
>
> I guess the Audi USA people are just as guilty of making the
> same mistake.  Search Google for "procon ten" and you'll get lots
> of appropriate matches to Audi's safety system, whereas
> search
> for "procon 10" and you get mostly irrelevant stuff.
>
> -Ti
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