特别报告：安全气囊——随着安全气囊成为新型汽车的一个标准特征，汽车制造厂家正在开发新的技术以进一步改善其安全性能

Special report： airbags——As airbags become a standard feature in new cars, suppliers are developing new technologies to improve safety further

第一个汽车用安全气囊在二十世纪七十年代出现于美国的通用公司的汽车上。在欧洲，Morton公司即现在的奥托利夫公司，在1980年在s级的默西迪丝一奔驰汽车上引入了一种驾驶员安全气囊。本田汽车Acura Legend在1987年成为第一辆安装了一个安全气囊的日本车，从此，安全气囊装备的速度在世界范围内迅速增长。

The first automotive airbags appeared in the US in the 1970s in General Motors vehicles. In Europe, Morton, now Autoliv, introduced a driver airbag in 1980 on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The Honda Acura Legend was the first Japanese vehicle to be fitted with an airbag in 1987. Since then, airbag installation rates have grown rapidly all over the world.