Midsize luxury/near luxury cars
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 small overlap / Driver side occupant compartment structure
| Lower occupant compartment | Upper occupant compartment | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower hinge pillar max (cm) |
Footrest (cm) |
Left toepan (cm) |
Brake pedal (cm) |
Parking brake (cm) |
Rocker panel lateral average (cm) |
Steering column rearward (cm) |
Upper hinge pillar max (cm) |
Upper dash (cm) |
Lower instrument panel (cm) |
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| Acura TL | |||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | ||
| Acura TSX sedan | |||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 18 | |
| 21 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | ||
| Audi A4 | |||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | no data | 26 | 30 | 31 | |
| 24 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 26 | 23 | ||
| BMW 3 series | |||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 15 | |
| Infiniti G | |||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 13 | |
| Lexus ES 350 | |||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 43 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 29 | |
| Lexus IS 250/350 | |||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 39 | 42 | 31 | 25 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 22 | |
| Lincoln MKZ | |||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 34 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 23 | |
| Mercedes C class | |||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | |
| Volkswagen CC | |||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 17 | |
| Volvo S60 | |||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | |
Front small 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) | Femur impulse (Ns) |
Knee displacement (mm) | Knee-Thigh-Hip injury risk (%) |
Maximum tibia index | Tibia axial force (kN) | ||||||||||
| Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | |||||||
| Acura TL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 41 | no contact | 0.7 | 16 | 0.17 | 25 | 4.28 | 0.16 | 60.40 | 0.00 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 75 | 40 |
| 55 | no contact | 0.7 | 9 | 0.15 | 27 | 4.89 | 0.13 | 15.30 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 73 | 23 | |
| Acura TSX sedan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 77 | no contact | 1.1 | 12 | 0.23 | 27 | 3.66 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.31 | 0.38 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 71 | 55 |
| 116 | no contact | 1.1 | 8 | 0.24 | 28 | 3.01 | 2.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | 0.43 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 58 | 60 | |
| Audi A4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 89 | no contact | 1.5 | 5 | 0.33 | 31 | 8.57 | 1.22 | 160.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 0.63 | 0.62 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 90 | 98 |
| BMW 3 series | ||||||||||||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 238 | no contact | 1.3 | 25 | 0.30 | 21 | 1.95 | 2.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.07 | 0.46 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 128 | 70 |
| Infiniti G | ||||||||||||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 88 | no contact | 0.7 | 11 | 0.16 | 25 | 3.04 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.72 | 0.33 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 56 | 76 |
| Lexus ES 350 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 51 | no contact | 1.0 | 12 | 0.21 | 18 | 6.10 | 1.76 | 153.40 | 0.00 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1.30 | 0.50 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 74 | 56 |
| Lexus IS 250/350 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 190 | negligible | 1.2 | 13 | 0.23 | 23 | 3.34 | 3.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.05 | 1.06 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 225 | 122 |
| Lincoln MKZ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 43 | no contact | 1.0 | 10 | 0.23 | 21 | 3.89 | 1.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.77 | 0.58 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 71 | 42 |
| Mercedes C class | ||||||||||||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 98 | 17 | 1.1 | 6 | 0.21 | 19 | 3.14 | 2.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.01 | 1.87 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 113 | 112 |
| Volkswagen CC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 131 | no contact | 1.4 | 9 | 0.26 | 27 | 6.90 | 0.32 | 102.50 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.35 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 72 | 70 |
| Volvo S60 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| model tested: 2012 | 86 | no contact | 0.9 | 18 | 0.25 | 16 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 42 | 39 |
