2001 Audi A6
large luxury car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Tested vehicle: 1999 Audi A6 quattro 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 1998-2004 models
The Audi A6 was redesigned for the 1998 model year.
| Evaluation criteria | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall evaluation | |
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Leg/foot, left | |
| Leg/foot, right | |
| Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Dummy movement was well controlled. After moving forward into the airbag, the dummy rebounded into the seat without its head coming close to any stiff structure that could cause injury. There was too much upward movement of the steering wheel. |
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Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF99017 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 12 |
| Left (cm) | 20 |
| Center (cm) | 19 |
| Right (cm) | 13 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 10 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 7 |
| Right (cm) | 9 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 10 |
| Rearward (cm) | 2 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 3 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF99017 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 168 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | no contact |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.1 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 24 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.31 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 29 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 4.2 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 6.9 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 3 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 2 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.02 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.03 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 0.9 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.3 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 71 |
| Right | 84 |