The Swedish alphabet soup stands for "side impact protection system," and it is the feature of a current ad campaign whose target is the minivan.

Safety features include ABS, Volvo unique side impact protection system, three point seat belts for all occupants and an integral child seat.

Side Impact Protection System (SIPS)

Drivers airbag and Volvo Side Impact Protection System (SIPS) are standard.

'For its work on three-point inertia reel seatbelts for all passengers, and extending the Side Impact Protection System to new models'

Volvo introduced the side crumple zone with the introduction of the SIPS (Side Impact Protection System) in the early 1990s.

SIPS or Side Impact Protection System is the name of a system to protect against injury in a side collision, developed by Volvo.

The system derives from a side-impact safety design marketed by Volvo as its Side Impact Protection System (SIPS).

Active and passive safety features, too, have all been upgraded, including a new energy absorbing side impact protection system plus driver and passanger airbags and ABS on most models.

Volvo's Whiplash Protection System and Side Impact Protection System with side airbags and Inflatable Curtain are also standard.

A driver's airbag, immoboliser and a Side Impact Protection system come on most but the top-spec models do get ABS and other safety features like traction control and side airbags.

This S80 was equipped with numerous safety systems, including Side Impact Protection System (SIPS) and Whiplash Protection System WHIPS.

The Paris-based body said in its AUTO journal that a new side impact protection system was the result of a year-long collaboration between teams - McLaren, Mercedes, Marussia and Red Bull - and its own institute.