5K Safety Ratings 1988 vs 1989

[Per Lindgren]

European Audis used a sticker on the center console that said
"ProCon-Ten", printed in silver on black. Also some cars had a rear
window sticker that said "Sicherheit mit ProCon-Ten" (Safety with
ProCon-Ten) or something similar. Bth my 92 100 and 92 Cabrio had this
sticker, but unfortenately I dont have a picture of this sticker.

PerL
87 Cq

Ti Kan wrote:

>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.
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>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.
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>-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:
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>>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.
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>>It's just a marketing nickname, after all, and Audi isn't known for always being "precise" in their terminology.
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>>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...
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>>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.
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>>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
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>>Haven't read it...
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>>Chris
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>>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:
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>>>>ben swann writes:
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>>>>>>I believe it is because of the PROCON 10 seatbelt retensioning and
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>>>>Ti responds:
>>>><Minor correction... it's "Procon-Ten", not "Procon 10".  <Then "Ten" is a short for "tension", not the number.
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>>>><I know, picky, picky... :)
>>>><
>>>><-Ti
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>>>>Period brochures by Audi call it "Pro-con 10":
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>>>>http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/procon10.html
>>>>http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/images/safety/pro-con10-1.gif
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>>>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.
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