Autoliv makes new Acquisition in Active Safety

(Stockholm, March 4, 2010) --- Autoliv Inc. (NYSE: ALV), the worldwide leader in automotive safety, has acquired Visteon’s radar system business. This acquisition in Active Safety Systems follows upon the Company’s 2008 acquisition of the leading automotive radar business from Tyco Electronics.

“While this acquisition is small, with less than $5 million in sales and five highly skilled engineers, it fits very well our own existing radar business”, said the Autoliv CEO Jan Carlson. “Our radar specialists have worked together with the Visteon team over the past few years. This partnership has resulted in industry-leading Blind Spot and Rear Cross Traffic Detection Systems that are currently in production at multiple OEM customers.” “The acquisition not only ensures that this productive cooperation continues, it also gives us opportunities to further strengthen our position in Active Safety Systems”. Autoliv offers a broad range of Active Safety functions based on high performance Radar, Night Vision ,ad Mono/Stereo Vision Systems. “We have the technologies in a market that many predict is about to take off”, explained Jan Carlson. The Visteon transaction includes physical assets, intellectual property, order book and engineers with expertise in radar-based Driver Assistance and Active Safety functions. Inquiries: Jan Carlson, President & CEO. Tel +46-8-587 20 600 Autoliv Inc., the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, develops and manufactures automotive safety systems for all major automotive manufacturers in the world. Together with its joint ventures, Autoliv has 80 facilities with approximately 38,000 employees in 29 vehicle-producing countries. In addition, the Company has technical centers in ten countries around the world, with 21 test tracks, more than any other automotive safety supplier. Sales in 2009 amounted to US $5.1 billion. The Company's shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ALV) and its Swedish Depository Receipts on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm (ALIV sdb). For more information about Autoliv, please visit our company website at www.autoliv.com. Safe Harbor Statement This release contains statements that are not historical facts but rather forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA). All such statements are based upon our current expectations and various assumptions, and apply only as of the date of this report. Our expectations and beliefs are express¬ed in good faith and we believe there is a reasonable basis for them. How¬ever, there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will materialize or prove to be correct. Because such state¬ments involve risks and uncer¬tainties, the outcome could differ materially from those set out in the statements. For a summary of such risk factors, please refer to our latest 10-K and 10-Q filed with the SEC. Except for our ongoing obligation to disclose information under law, we under¬take no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new informa¬tion or future events. For any forward-looking statements con¬tained in this or any other document, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the PSLRA.