2007 Kia Amanti

large car / 4-door sedan

2007 Kia Amanti 4-door sedan

Crashworthiness

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

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: 2007 Kia Amanti GLS 4-door
Rating applies to 2007-09 models

The Kia Amanti was re-engineered for the 2007 model year, including the installation of a new engine. Frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Kia.

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
A
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF0701
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 7
Left (cm) 12
Center (cm) 14
Right (cm) 11
Brake pedal (cm) 11
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 3
Right (cm) 5
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 1
Rearward (cm) 3
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 2

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID VTF0701
Head
HIC-15 43
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.1
Extension bending moment (Nm) 10
Maximum Nij 0.26
Chest maximum compression (mm) 27
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 4.9
Femur force - right (kN) 2.7
Knee displacement - left (mm) 3
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.59
Maximum tibia index - right 0.93
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.4
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 4.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 94
Right 113

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2007 Kia Amanti 4-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front and rear seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2007-09 models

The Kia Amanti was re-engineered for the 2007 model year, including the installation of a new engine.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
M
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 CES0716
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -2.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0716
Head HIC-15 197
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Compression (kN) 0.4
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 34
Lateral force (kN) 1.7
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 43
Average deflection (mm) 32
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 4.40
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.78
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 2.3
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.9
Combined force (kN) 4.2
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.4
L-M moment (Nm) 64
A-P moment (Nm) 42

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0716
Head HIC-15 84
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.6
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 13
Lateral force (kN) 0.8
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 42
Average deflection (mm) 33
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.23
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.78
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.9
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.4
Combined force (kN) 4.1
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.4
L-M moment (Nm) 59
A-P moment (Nm) -38

About the original side crash test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Power leather seats AHR

Overall evaluation
M
Dynamic rating
M
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Power leather seats AHR
Geometry
Backset (mm) 42
Distance below top of head (mm) 36
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g) 10.7
Head contact time (ms) 73
Force rating 2
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 138
Max neck tension (N) 470

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