5K Safety Ratings 1988 vs 1989

[Ti Kan]

No, I am not saying that the hit count itself is the authority, but
it bears the fact that virtually all sites use the correct terminology
of "procon-ten" when referring to this system rather than "procon 10".
And I am not only talking about US-English sites...  Many of the
matched sites are European or from other parts of the world.

I also have a copy of the Audi Safey book that you speak of (a 1990
edition, published by AOA), except it doesn't use the "procon-" name
at all.  It refers to the system as "Automatic Seatbelt Tensioning".
This, of course is probably due to the fact that new Audis by then
were mostly airbag-equipped and only the seatbelt tensioning portion
of the procon-ten system remains.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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C1J1Miller at aol.com writes:
> 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:
>
> >
> >
> > 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.