2010 Audi Q7

large SUV / 4-door SUV

2010 Audi Q7 4-door SUV
2008 Audi Q7 shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G
Head restraints & seats
G

Other available safety features

  • Optional blind spot detection

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Tested vehicle: 2008 Audi Q7 3.6 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2007-15 models

The Audi Q7 was introduced in the 2007 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Leg/foot, left
G
Leg/foot, right
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0814
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 7
Left (cm) 9
Center (cm) 10
Right (cm) 6
Brake pedal (cm) 5
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 2
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -1
Rearward (cm) -1
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0814
Head
HIC-15 253
Peak gs at hard contact negligible
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.7
Extension bending moment (Nm) 11
Maximum Nij 0.37
Chest maximum compression (mm) 41
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 3.1
Femur force - right (kN) 0.3
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.41
Maximum tibia index - right 0.54
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.0
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 57
Right 78

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2008 Audi Q7 3.6 4-door 4wd with standard head curtain airbags for all three rows of seats and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2007-15 models

The Audi Q7 was introduced in the 2007 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Driver head protection
G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0831
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -16.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0831
Head HIC-15 105
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Compression (kN) 0.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 54
Lateral force (kN) 1.6
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 41
Average deflection (mm) 33
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.77
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.66
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.2
Acetabulum force (kN) 0.8
Combined force (kN) 1.8
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.1
L-M moment (Nm) 65
A-P moment (Nm) 57

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0831
Head HIC-15 59
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.3
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 15
Lateral force (kN) 0.8
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 23
Average deflection (mm) 15
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.41
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.17
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.8
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.2
Combined force (kN) 1.9
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.7
L-M moment (Nm) 87
A-P moment (Nm) -18

About the original side crash test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Power leather seats built after Dec 2007

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Power leather seats mfg after Dec 2007
Geometry
Backset (mm) 30
Distance below top of head (mm) 54
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 13.3
Head contact time (ms) 63
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 2
Max neck tension (N) 511

About the head restraint & seat test
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.