HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS

Midsize convertibles

Intrusion measures into the vehicle occupant compartment and peak injury measures recorded from the crash test dummies for the front moderate overlap tests, front small overlap tests (where applicable) and side tests, respectively, are provided in the tables below.

See our protocols page for detailed information on how to interpret these measures.

Note: All vehicles are listed alphabetically.

Front moderate overlap / Driver side occupant compartment intrusion

  Footwell intrusion Brake pedal (cm) Instrument panel rearward movement Steering column movement A-pillar rearward movement (cm)
Footrest (cm) Left (cm) Center (cm) Right (cm) Left (cm) Right (cm) Upward (cm) Rearward (cm)
Audi A4 Cabriolet
model tested: 2007 4 4 5 4 2 1 2 0 -2 1
BMW 3 series convertible
model tested: 2007 2 3 3 1 6 0 1 -1 -5 0
Chrysler 200 convertible
model tested: 2008 4 13 8 4 4 1 1 -3 -2 1
Ford Mustang convertible
model tested: 2010 15 19 23 16 11 7 5 5 11 12
  13 16 18 16 7 4 3 3 5 7
model tested: 2007 14 18 21 20 12 5 4 4 9 9
  13 16 20 18 9 4 3 1 8 8
Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder
model tested: 2007 8 14 13 8 6 2 1 0 -2 2
Pontiac G6 convertible
model tested: 2007 12 15 14 12 10 5 4 -2 3 7
Saab 9-3 convertible
model tested: 2007 5 8 11 13 7 2 1 0 -1 2
Toyota Camry Solara convertible
model tested: 2007 7 9 8 7 5 3 3 -2 1 2
Volkswagen Eos
model tested: 2007 8 13 10 5 5 2 1 5 0 2
Volvo C70
model tested: 2007 8 10 12 11 6 3 2 0 -4 1

Front moderate overlap / Driver injury measures

  Head Neck Chest maximum compression (mm) Legs Foot acceleration (g)
HIC-15 Peak gs at hard contact Tension
(kN)
Extension bending moment (Nm) Maximum Nij Femur force (kN) Knee displacement (mm) Maximum tibia index Tibia axial force (kN)
Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right
Audi A4 Cabriolet
model tested: 2007 242 no contact 1.6 no data no data 37 1.5 1.4 3 3 0.30 0.41 2.2 2.2 42 53
BMW 3 series convertible
model tested: 2007 248 no contact 0.8 26 0.24 23 2.3 2.8 1 1 0.42 0.58 3.2 3.8 51 74
Chrysler 200 convertible
model tested: 2008 158 no contact 1.4 13 0.23 29 0.4 2.8 0 0 0.25 0.59 2.0 4.1 43 80
Ford Mustang convertible
model tested: 2010 298 92 0.7 34 0.80 26 3.3 2.4 8 0 0.40 0.34 1.3 1.5 56 103
  151 no contact 0.9 20 0.19 32 2.9 2.7 5 0 0.38 0.46 1.7 2.0 53 59
model tested: 2007 252 57 0.7 no data no data 36 3.6 2.3 3 1 0.38 0.98 1.8 2.9 57 90
  275 83 0.9 21 0.33 26 3.5 1.6 0 0 0.24 0.83 1.7 2.5 52 91
Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder
model tested: 2007 330 no contact 2.1 29 0.50 35 0.3 1.4 0 0 0.51 0.77 3.9 4.7 90 76
Pontiac G6 convertible
model tested: 2007 271 57 1.6 20 0.27 24 2.4 4.8 2 1 0.42 0.74 1.8 6.2 55 136
Saab 9-3 convertible
model tested: 2007 240 no contact 0.9 20 0.22 30 2.6 3.4 0 0 0.23 0.60 1.5 1.9 67 92
Toyota Camry Solara convertible
model tested: 2007 80 12 0.8 10 0.18 23 0.3 4.1 0 2 0.32 0.85 1.5 4.5 63 50
Volkswagen Eos
model tested: 2007 271 72 1.4 16 0.23 31 1.9 3.4 1 1 0.65 0.59 2.0 3.6 61 90
Volvo C70
model tested: 2007 156 no contact 0.8 13 0.19 29 0.3 1.8 0 0 0.46 0.64 2.1 3.0 41 58

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