page_title: Volkswagen Jetta (A5)
section_title: Safety
hierarchical_section_title: Volkswagen Jetta (A5) / Safety
caption_attribution_description: Crash-tested 2005 Volkswagen Jetta photographed at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Vehicle Research Center. IIHS crash test page
context_page_description: The Volkswagen Jetta (A5) is a compact car, the fifth generation of the Volkswagen Jetta and the successor to the Volkswagen Bora. The fifth generation debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show on 5 January 2005. After the New Beetle, it was the second Volkswagen product to make its world debut at a U.S. auto show. The Mark 5 sedan went on sale in the USA prior to any other country, reflecting the importance of the car in that market for Volkswagen. VW spent US$800 million to upgrade its Puebla facilities for this model's production. This included a US$290 million new engine production line for the 5-cylinder power plant, a US$50 million investment in the press shop, as well as a US$200 million purchase of 460 robots, which increased automation by 80%.
  Although produced in the largest volumes in Mexico, final assembly of the car also takes place in China and South Africa for those respective markets. Like initial production of the second generation in China, the Asian and African plants build the car from a complete knock down kit shipped from the factory in Puebla. Local assembly in Kaluga, Russia, started in early 2008. Production also began in India in 2008.
context_section_description: In Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash testing the Jetta received an overall "Good" rating in both front offset and side impact tests.  In the side impact test the Jetta received "Good" marks in all nine measured categories. In 2005, the Institute noted that the side impact protection performance was the best they had ever rated. In 2006, the car received a "Top Safety Pick" award from the Institute. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave the fifth generation Jetta  for both driver and passenger protection in a frontal impact, while the car received  stars in a side impact crash test. To tout the safety of the car, a series of television commercials with the tag line "Safe happens" showed the car being involved in a collision whilst afterward the occupants are shown to have emerged unscathed.
  The VW Jetta received the maximum 5 stars in the China NCAP crash tests.
caption: A 2005 Jetta crash-tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
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