Bodyshell Structure

Bodyshell Structure

All Cayenne models meet all legal requirements for occupant protection. The legal standards for frontal, side and rear impacts are fulfilled.

The design of the vehicle body is crucial for a high degree of passive safety. Modern metal processing techniques were used in the design of individual body elements on the new Cayenne models. The forces generated when an accident occurs are dissipated in a defined way throughout the longitudinal and cross member structures in the front and rear of the car. The multi-phase steels that are used ensure a high degree of strength, specific deformation properties and optimal energy absorption. Reinforcements made from high-strength, hot-formed steel also protect occupants in the event of a side impact. They surround the passenger cell like a cage and provide extreme dimensional stability that makes a decisive contribution to ensuring the preservation of the interior and protection of the occupants.

Hot-formed steel that has the required dimensional stability and deformation properties is used in the area around the B-pillar, for example. This new material made it possible to implement both requirements in a single component. The efficient use of heat-formed steel in the roof structure also considerably reduces the weight compared to the previous model while simultaneously improving safety.

All elements of the vehicle body are designed and joined in such a way that the forces from an impact are initially dampened and then absorbed in a defined manner, protecting the occupants.