A6/S6/RS6 Article: Five stars for the Audi A6 in the Euro NCAP crash test

[Giannis]

You can view the page at http://www.germancarforum.com/content.php?r=93-Five-stars-for-the-Audi-A6-in-the-Euro-NCAP-crash-test

 

[Sunny]

It is funny how we keep hearing Mercedes is safer, so I today I went to NCAP website and actually bothered to look up the scores...

5 series - Adult - 95%, Child - 83%, Pedestrian - 78%, Front impact - 15.5, Side impact car - 8, Side impact pole - 7.4, Whiplash - 3.3.
A6 - Adult - 91%, Child - 83%, Pedestrian - 41%, Front impact - 14.9, Side impact car - 7.5, Side impact pole - 7, Whiplash - 3.3
E class - Adult - 86%, Child - 77%, Pedestrian - 55%, Front impact - 13.9, Side impact car - 8, Side impact pole - 6.9, Whiplash - 2.5

BMW 5 Series | Euro NCAP - For safer cars crash test safety rating
Audi A6 | Euro NCAP - For safer cars crash test safety rating
Mercedes E-Class | Euro NCAP - For safer cars crash test safety rating

Oh well...

 

[K-A]

Mercedes has always underperformed in Tests, but showed up to have the lowest death-rating statistics with their E-Classes. The W212 is actually the first E that has performed well in statistical tests actually, as the W210 and W211 performed rather poorly, but showed to protect the best when the IHHS put out their statistics.

Audi isn pretty much right there with them now it seems, however. I'm not convinced by BMW as much, as they have yet to post as convincing real-world data as the other two.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

How many times do we have to go trhough this.

Some car makers have been specifically engineering vehicles to score well in these tests. You mean to tell us that Renault has the same safety credential as a Mercedes? According to these clowns they do.

Mercedes apporach to vehicle safety is far more wholistic and extends beyond some crash test data. Like KA has mentioned, real world data has proven this many times over.

 

[Sunny]

Real world statistics are oblivious to nature/speed of crash. I wouldn't be least surprised if BMWs are involved in more high speed/sever crashes given the dick headed nature of most BMW drivers. What these test results show is get into a typical crash (front offset, side, side impact against a pole/tree) under identical conditions and BMW does better, Audi almost as good and Mercedes the worst. Well, at least the Jag does the worse - Jaguar XF | Euro NCAP - For safer cars crash test safety rating

 

[K-A]

LOL @ the first comment.

Perhaps, but a continuous showing of best-in-cars level of death-rate protection from multiple generations of E-Classes is enough proof for me.

Also, many of these tests have different outcomes. For example, the IIHS shows the E-Class as being a superior "Test Performing" car in their tests, as it has a much better roof-strength than the somewhat disappointing results of the F10, and shows the E's body being much stronger overall.

 

[LaArtist]

No one of these 3 brands joke around when it comes to safety..least of all Mercedes

 

[bum-man]

From a post I made a while ago in another thread, It's the structural strength of the A-pillar, extremely important in a roll over. Check out how the B-pillarless E-class beats out its competitors and even the 5 year old C-class too!


Model------------------Curb weight (lb)------------Peak force (lb)----------Strength-to-weight ratio
Mercedes E class 2-door
2010-11 models-----------------3,736---------------------20,852----------------------5.58

Mercedes E class 4-door
2010-11 models-----------------3,880---------------------20,961---------------------5.40

Volvo S80
2007-11 models-----------------3,756---------------------15,989---------------------4.26

BMW 5 series
2011 models---------------------3,803---------------------15,364---------------------4.04

Mercedes GLK
2010-11 models-----------------4,157---------------------26,647---------------------6.41

Volvo XC60
2010-11 models-----------------4,172---------------------21,828---------------------5.23

Audi Q5
2009-11 models-----------------4,237---------------------18,684---------------------4.41

Mercedes C class
2008-11 models-----------------3,510---------------------18,826---------------------5.36

Audi A4
2009-11 models-----------------3,523---------------------16,197---------------------4.60

Source: IIHS

 

[K-A]

DAMN, the E-Classes set records with their sturdy roofs when they were tested, but look at the GLK's numbers! That's insane.

 

[Wolfgang]

Facts and figures: Detailed information on the Mercedes-Benz crash hall

A vehicle must safely hold up in 30 different crash situations in order to fulfill international approval requirements and ratings. And Daimler conducts additional crash tests, some of whose requirements go far beyond the legal specifications. For example, the current Mercedes-Benz E-Class alone passed more than 150 real crash tests and 5,000 realistic crash test simulations with the entire vehicle during its many years of development.

Around 500 impact tests are carried out every year at the Development Center in Sindelfingen. This involves the use of about 150 sensors in and on the dummies and a further 50 to 100 measuring devices in the vehicle. The evaluation of this data takes about one week.

Daimler Technicity | Facts and figures: Detailed information on the Mercedes-Benz crash hall