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Small overlap front:
Driver-side
| Overall evaluation | |
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| Structure and safety cage | |
| Injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Hip/thigh | |
| Lower leg/foot | |
| Restraints and dummy kinematics | |
Small overlap front:
Passenger-side
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Passenger injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Hip/thigh | |
| Lower leg/foot | |
| Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Hip/thigh | |
| Lower leg/foot | |
| Driver restraints and dummy kinematics | |
Moderate overlap front
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Leg/foot, left | |
| Leg/foot, right | |
| Restraints and dummy kinematics | |
Side
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Torso | |
| Pelvis/leg | |
| Head protection | |
| Rear passenger injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Torso | |
| Pelvis/leg | |
| Head protection | |
Roof strength
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Curb weight | 3,166 lbs |
| Peak force | 18,303 lbs |
| Strength-to-weight ratio | 5.78 |
| Tested vehicle Rating applies to the GTI 4-door (tested), Golf 4-door, and the structurally similar Golf SportWagen and Golf Alltrack. |
2015 Volkswagen GTI 4-door |
Head restraints & seats
Power leather seat
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Dynamic rating | |
| Seat/head restraint geometry |
Front crash prevention
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| Overall Evaluation |
 Basic
autobrake
not tested with optional
equipment 1 point total
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This system meets the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's criteria for forward collision warning.
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1 point |
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Autobrake not tested.
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0 points |
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Autobrake not tested.
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0 points |
Child seat anchors (LATCH)
ease of use
SE TSI — leather seats
| Good | No hardware available | ||
| Acceptable | Tether anchor | ||
| Marginal | Lower anchors | ||
| Poor | |||
| Lower anchor(s) can be borrowed from adjacent positions(s) | |||
| Seating positions that rely on borrowed lower anchors or have only a tether anchor available are not rated. | |||
| Overall evaluation |
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| 1 | |
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| Tether anchor | |
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easy-to-find location
no other hardware could be confused for anchor
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| Lower anchors | |
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not too deep in seat
not too much force needed to attach
difficult to maneuver around anchors
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| 2 | |
| Tether anchor | |
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easy-to-find location
other hardware could be confused for anchor
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| Lower anchors | |
| none available | |
| 3 | |
| Tether anchor | |
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easy-to-find location
no other hardware could be confused for anchor
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| Lower anchors | |
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not too deep in seat
not too much force needed to attach
difficult to maneuver around anchors
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Other safety features
- Side airbags: front and rear head curtain airbags and front seat-mounted torso airbags
- Rollover sensor: designed to deploy the side curtain airbags in the event of an impending rollover (beginning with 2016 models built after June 2015)
- Electronic stability control
- Antilock brakes
- Daytime running lights
