Toyota develops rear-collision airbag

October 02nd, 2008 | Category: Transporation

We’ve got airbags in the front, airbags to the side, even airbags on the hip — and now Toyota’s installing the first rear-collision airbags into its Japan-only iQ minicar. The bags are designed to protect rear seat passengers, and inflate from above the rear

window to blanket your noggin and reduce affect force to the head by half. The new system will be installed in iQ’s by the end of the year, no word on whether it’ll come to the States anytime soon.

Original post by Nilay Patel

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