Airbags save lives. Exactly ten years ago, Volkswagen expanded the safety package then consisting of driver and passenger airbags to include side airbags. Integrated into the backrests of the front seats, these new airbags first provided protection from dangerous side impacts in the Passat. Since then, Volkswagen has built more than 12 million cars with side airbags, thus contributing enormously to the triumph of this safety technology. Via media.vw.com