1999 Kia Sephia/Spectra
small car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Tested vehicle: 1999 Kia Sephia 4-door
Rating applies to 1998-2004 models built before December 2003
The Kia Sephia was redesigned for the 1998 model year. The Spectra was introduced for the 2000 model year as a hatchback version of the Sephia. Beginning with 2002 models, the Sephia name was replaced by the Spectra for both sedan and hatchback models.
| 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 wasn't well controlled. During rebound, the dummy moved toward the driver door. Its head went part of the way out the open window and hit the B-pillar. 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 | CF99008 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 18 |
| Left (cm) | 29 |
| Center (cm) | 34 |
| Right (cm) | 26 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 26 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 6 |
| Right (cm) | 6 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 10 |
| Rearward (cm) | 0 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 4 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF99008 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 821 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 124 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 2.3 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 29 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.38 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 38 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 2.3 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 3.8 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 4 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 5 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.15 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.12 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.5 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 2.6 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 74 |
| Right | 99 |