The institute has just completed front and side high-speed crash test of the brand new
Volkswagen Jetta and the results are very good. In the front test, it rated good and in the
side test, it rated good and a best pick.

We conducted these tests, a request of Volkswagen because they told us that during the
development of the new Jetta, it puts significant effort into getting good results in the
institute’s test programs.

The performance of the new Volkswagen Jetta in our side impact test was extremely
good. The side curtain airbags which are standard equipment provided good protection
for the driver and rear passenger heads, all of the other injury measures were low and the
structure of performance were rated as good.

This is one of only two cars that we’ve rated the structural performance is good. Overall,
this offers is very good protection against serious injuries in side impact crashes.

The performance of the Volkswagen Jetta in the side impact test was very good. This is a
very demanding test. Despite this rate of the impact, the curtain airbags provided
effective protection for the driver’s heard. Injury measures on the torso and pelvis of the
driver dummy were also low. The rear passengers head was also protected by the curtain
airbags and injury measures on the torso and pelvis of this dummy were also low. The
side structure that Jetta was very good. It resisted intrusion much better than almost all of
the other vehicles we’ve ever tested in this program.

The performance of the Volkswagen Jetta in the frontal offset crash test was rated as
good. The structure held together extremely well, injury measure on the dummy’s head,
torso and left leg were also low. However, we did record moderately high forces on the
dummy’s right leg. As a consequence, the Jetta just misses being a best pick for frontal
crash protection.

Put in together the results for the Volkswagen Jetta from our frontal offset test, the side
impact test and our rear impact test for whiplash injury protection makes the Jetta the top
rated, inexpensive mid-sized car in our program.

Segment 1
Selected high-speed side impact and frontal offset crash tests

Best Pick Side
2005 Volkswagen Jetta
Side Impact crash test

Overall evaluation: Good

[Demonstration]

2005 Volkswagen Jetta Frontal offset crash test
Overall evaluation: Good

[Demonstration]

Segment 2
Behind the scenes preparing for the crash test

[Demonstration]

Crashworthiness evaluations
Vehicle ratings

G: Good
A: Acceptable
M: Marginal
P: Poor

Volkswagen Jetta
Side impact test conducted with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and front
seat-mounted torso airbags

FRONT 2005 models (mfg after Nov 2004)
SIDE 2005 models (mfg after Nov 2004)
REAR 2005 models (mfg after Nov 2004)

Frontal evaluation: G

Side evaluation: G

Rear crash protection: A