Crash Test

The A6’s body is extremely strong and its stable passenger cell protected its adult occupants well. The car protected its child occupants but did little to keep pedestrians from harm.

Front impact
The body suffered minimal deformation and the driver’s door could be opened normally after the impact. The dual-stage airbags and pre-tensioners together with the load limiters and the stable structure kept loads on the driver’s chest and legs low. However, despite a design intended to protect the drivers knees, contact with steering column and adjuster mechanisms still posed a risk of injury. Also, the glove box lid is well supported and acts as a bolster for an unbelted passenger. But in the frontal test it put the passenger at risk of knee injury. The footwell suffered little deformation and control of the pedals was good.

Side impact
A very impressive protection system includes seat mounted thorax airbags and a head curtain airbag the latter also protecting those in the rear. Maximum points were achieved in this section.

Child-protection
There is a manual on/off switch for the passenger frontal airbag. Owners can also ask dealers to disconnect the airbag permanently. In either case, its “off”status is shown on the instrument binnacle and on the centre console. However, apart from a non-permanent pictogram on the end of the fascia there was no warning against placing a child in a rear-facing restraint opposite an active airbag. Fair Bimbo Fix restraints (forward facing for the older child and rear facing for the younger child) used the ISOFIX anchorages. The children were well protected although, in the frontal impact, the older child’s chest load was just outside the ‘good’ limit.

Pedestrian protection
Pedestrian protection was extremely poor. Only two sites on the bonnet top offered any protection to adult and child heads. The bumper and bonnet leading edge were also very unfriendly towards pedestrians and other vulnerable road users. Audi needs to focus on this vitally important safety area.

Source from Euro NCAP

Honda

The accident happened in Dec, 2004, in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. 1 killed, 4 seriously injured. The driver was giving way to a dog on the highway, he fiercely swerved the steering wheel, the Honda Accord was thrown onto the 20cm high isolation belt and torn into 2 parts. It looks like the ceiling is as thin as the photographic paper, The chassis is like the foam plastics! Source from car-accidents.com

Kenari

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