Self-supporting chassis, three or five doors, high-resistance, multiple thickness structural elements for progressive energy absorption in impacts.
Side bars in doors for side impact protection and stiffening the passenger compartment in the event of front impacts.
The front and rear ends of the underbody crumple to reduce repair costs following low speed impacts.
See also:
Side doors
Check that it is safe to open a door before doing so.
Make sure that the left-hand sliding side door is completely closed before
refueling (see “At the filling station” in this chapter). You cou ...
Sun Shade — If Equipped
For vehicles equipped with either a power sunroof or a fixed glass roof, there
is a sun shade that can be open or closed. To open the sun shade press the tab and
move the shade to a full open posi ...
To reduce memorised speed
The speed memorised can be increased in two ways:
❒ disengaging the device and then memorising the new speed;
or
❒ keeping the ring (B) pressed at (–) until reaching the new speed whi ...