'Fast cat pop up is a winner; MOTORS: Award for Jag bonnet.Byline: By Edward Stephens MOTORING EDITOR JAGUAR has won a leading safety award for its all-new XK model which will go on sale next year. The car was awarded the Engineering and Technology Award at the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards. The awards recognise outstanding innovation or achievement and each year the judges make one Technology Award for road-based or vehicle-based innovation that is considered to have significant merit. This year's award went to Jaguar, which has a plant in Castle Bromwich, for its industry leading feature on the new XK - the pedestrian deployable bonnet bonnet usually worn along with new clothes on Easter Sunday. (“Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet.”) [Christian Tradition: Misc.; Am. Music: Irving Berlin, “Easter Parade”] See : Easter . If a pedestrian is struck by one of the new XKs, the deployable bonnet on the car automatically pops up a few inches to increase space between the engine and the bonnet. This helps to isolate the pedestrian from hard points in the engine compartment and takes place in less than a tenth of the time it takes to blink blink the involuntary movement of one or both eyelids of both eyes simultaneously. The frequency varies between species. Cats blink the least, with the possible exception of owls. In birds it is the lower eyelid which is moved up to meet the upper lid. an eye. An advanced sensing system is mounted in the front bumper to help distinguish between a pedestrian collision and any other possible front end collisions. Jonathan Mabey and Bill McLundie received the award on behalf of the Jaguar XK The Jaguar XK series (XK8 and XKR) is a grand tourer produced by British carmaker Jaguar since the 1997 model year. It is the replacement of the XJS, and is available as a coupé and convertible. Pedestrian Safety team at the Savoy Hotel from Prince Michael of Kent
"We are extremely proud to receive this award on behalf of the hardworking engineering team who were involved in the Jaguar Pyrotechnic Pedestrian Deployable Bonnet and the new XK," said Mr Mabey after the presentation CAPTION(S): SAFETY INITIATIVE... The Jaguar XK with deployable bonnet |
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