Your perception of ESP

05 April 2006

What is ESP?
Take part in What Car? Survey
Results to appear in July issue of magazine

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If you ask the man in the street what ESP is he may answer 'extra sensory perception'. It is a predictable response, but how many people actually know what ESP on cars is?

Well, in short, it's a vehicle safety system that has proved its worth – according to research by Volkswagen, traffic fatalities could be cut by 35% if all cars are fitted with ESP.

So, do you know what the acronym ESP stands for, and what it actually is? Answer our set of questions below in the latest What Car? survey. Please e-mail your answers to Tim.Bowdler@whatcar.comThe results will be published in our July issue.

1. What do you think the acronym ESP stands for?

2 Order the following in terms of importance when buying a new car:

ESP
Boot space
Class of car
Styling
Fuel economy
Price
Brand

3 How much would you be prepared to pay to have ESP fitted to your car as an added extra?

4 Do you think ESP should be standard on all cars?

5 Have you been involved in an incident when driving where you think ESP prevented you from having an accident? If you did, tell us what happened.