2013 Volkswagen Eos

midsize convertible / 2-door convertible

2013 Volkswagen Eos 2-door convertible
2007 Volkswagen Eos shown

Crashworthiness

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

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Evaluation criteria Rating
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle
Not available

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 Volkswagen Eos 2.0T 2-door convertible
Rating applies to 2007-16 models

The Volkswagen Eos was introduced in the 2007 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
A
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 CEF0710
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 8
Left (cm) 13
Center (cm) 10
Right (cm) 5
Brake pedal (cm) 5
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 5
Rearward (cm) 0
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 2

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0710
Head
HIC-15 271
Peak gs at hard contact 72
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.4
Extension bending moment (Nm) 16
Maximum Nij 0.23
Chest maximum compression (mm) 31
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 1.9
Femur force - right (kN) 3.4
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.65
Maximum tibia index - right 0.59
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.0
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 3.6
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 61
Right 90

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2007 Volkswagen Eos 2.0T 2-door convertible with standard front seat-mounted combination head and torso airbags
Rating applies to 2007-16 models

The Volkswagen Eos 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
A
Pelvis/leg
G
Driver head protection
G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Rear passenger head protection
The dummy's head was hit by the interior side trim. This impact did not produce high head injury measures, but the head protection is inadequate.
M
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0706
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -13.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0706
Head HIC-15 128
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.2
Compression (kN) 0.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 47
Lateral force (kN) 1.9
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 50
Average deflection (mm) 39
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.91
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.84
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 2.0
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.3
Combined force (kN) 5.1
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.6
L-M moment (Nm) 90
A-P moment (Nm) 34

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0706
Head HIC-15 205
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.9
Compression (kN) 0.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 40
Lateral force (kN) 2.0
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 35
Average deflection (mm) 27
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.71
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.41
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.3
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.4
Combined force (kN) 1.5
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.3
L-M moment (Nm) 159
A-P moment (Nm) 25

About the original side crash test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Power leather seats

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Power leather seats
Geometry
Backset (mm) 24
Distance below top of head (mm) -1
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 12.9
Head contact time (ms) 61
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 65
Max neck tension (N) 525

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