Volvo says ADAC rates XC60 as best among five rival brands

The maker of Volvo cars today said that in an extensive comparison test of different automatic speed and distance control systems, the Volvo XC60 topped the results from six different models were compared by the largest automotive organisation in the world,  Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC).

It said that the test that rated thewe Audi A4, Volkswagen Passat CC, Honda Accord, Lexus IS and Ford Mondeo in the ADAC comparison.

ADAC is the world's largest automotive association with some 16 million members.

ADAC out carried out a total judgment which included the adaptive cruise control (ACC) as well as the distance alert and city safety, evaluating for the first time the total effect of those safety enhancing functions.

In the report of the ADAC test it is said: "The Volvo system scores above all due to the fact that it consistently puts its emphasis on accident avoidance. The driver is informed about a danger by a red flashing warning lamp, which is projected onto the windscreen. At low speeds, below 30 km/h, the additional, integrated laser technology called City Safety also recognises stationary vehicles and in a potential accident situation, brakes in time to stop the car."

Vovlvo claims that City Safety was unique  and is in mass production in the current Volvo XC60. ADAC underlines another characteristic of the Volvo active speed and distance control system: "even with the ACC switched off, the driver is efficiently but not disturbingly warned, if below the safety distance.