Audi Q8 2024 Receives ‘5 Star’ Safety Rating in NHTSA Tests

The German SUV of the luxury segment Audi Q8, was submitted to safety tests receiving their respective ‘stars’.

Sold as a solid proposition in the segment of SUVs luxury, with an elegant design, great comfort and high power, it was time to measure the Audi Q8 2024 in terms of safety. The tests this time were carried out by the United States NHTSAearning praise.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is there, the highest authority on new vehicle safety. After three crash test circuitsthe German SUV was awarded the maximum rating of ‘5 stars’.

It must be said that the complete family of the Q8 accumulates a respectable record of high safety scores. For at least the last four years, test after test has ratified its high level of occupant protection and resistance of the vehicle structure.

‘5 stars’ in safety for the fourth consecutive year: Audi Q8

According to the NHTSA record, the crash tests of the Audi Q8 have finished in the best terms, and its model 2024 was the last to demonstrate it. The test of side collision was the most prominentin which it combines the classifications of lateral barrier and lateral pole star.

Also, there is a rating for each item that measures the impact in the front seat, rear seat and the effects on the driver and passenger in the second row. The test specifically consists of crash a barrier directly into the side vehicle.

The response of the Q8 in real time was evaluated favorably, taking into account that the side curtain airbags deployed when the doors were pushed inward by the force of the impact. The mannequins are they shook first pushed against the airbags.

the structure itself was moderately affected and apart from some stingswheels and windshield remained straight. In the frontal crash test, the SUV received ‘4 stars’ for driver protection and ‘5 stars’ for front passenger protection.

In any case, the score on this item was averaged at the maximum score. Now, in the rollover testthe risk of rollover was measured in a single-vehicle loss-of-control scenario. ‘4-star’ rating and risk of overturning of 15.90%.

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Jessica Paola Vera Garcia.