GM to introduce industry-first front center airbags

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The front center airbag is designed to protect drivers and front passengers in the event of side impact crashes

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The front center airbag also restrains the driver when they are the only front occupant

Comparison with (right) and without (left) the front center airbag

The front center airbag deploys from the right side of the driver's seat

Article Summary

With frontal, roof-mounted and rear-window airbags you'd be forgiven for thinking that there couldn't possibly be anywhere else in a car automobile manufacturers could cram one. But you'd be wrong. General Motors (GM) has just announced it will introduce the industry's first front center airbag in selected vehicles in 2013. The latest airbag addition is designed to protect drivers and front passengers in the event of side impact crashes.

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