For enhanced safety, the front and rear seat shoulder belts of the Audi A4 have pretensioners to tighten the seatbelts and eliminate dangerous slack in the event of a collision and force limiters to limit the pressure the belts will exert on the passengers. The Kia Stinger doesn’t offer pretensioners for the rear seat belts.
The A4’s pre-crash front seatbelts will tighten automatically in the event the vehicle detects an impending crash, improving protection against injury significantly. The Stinger doesn’t offer pre-crash pretensioners.
Both the A4 and Stinger have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The A4 has power child safety locks, allowing the driver to activate and deactivate them from the driver's seat and to know when they're engaged. The Stinger’s child locks have to be individually engaged at each rear door with a manual switch. The driver can’t know the status of the locks without opening the doors and checking them.
The Audi A4 has standard driver and front passenger side knee airbags mounted low on the dashboard. These airbags helps prevent the driver and front passenger from sliding under their seatbelts or the main frontal airbags; this keeps them better positioned during a collision for maximum protection. Knee airbags also help keep the legs from striking the dashboard, preventing knee and leg injuries in the case of a serious frontal collision. The Stinger doesn’t offer a front passenger side knee airbag.
The A4 has a standard Secondary Collision Brake Assist, which automatically applies the brakes in the event of a crash to help prevent secondary collisions and prevent further injuries. The Stinger doesn’t offer a post collision braking system: in the event of a collision that triggers the airbags, more collisions are possible without the protection of airbags that may have already deployed.
To provide maximum traction and stability on all roads, All-Wheel Drive is standard on the A4. But it costs extra on the Stinger.
When descending a steep, off-road slope, the A4’s standard Hill Descent Control allows you to creep down safely. The Stinger doesn’t offer Hill Descent Control.
Both the A4 and the Stinger have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, height adjustable front shoulder belts, plastic fuel tanks, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, rearview cameras, available blind spot warning systems, around view monitors and rear cross-path warning.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Audi A4 is safer than the Kia Stinger:
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A4 |
Stinger |
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Passenger |
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| STARS |
4 Stars |
4 Stars |
| Neck Injury Risk |
25% |
36.6% |
| Neck Stress |
119 lbs. |
173 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does side impact tests on new vehicles. In this test, which crashes the vehicle into a flat barrier at 38.5 MPH and into a post at 20 MPH, results indicate that the Audi A4 is safer than the Kia Stinger:
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A4 |
Stinger |
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Front Seat |
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| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| Chest Movement |
1.1 inches |
1.1 inches |
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Rear Seat |
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| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| Spine Acceleration |
56 G’s |
62 G’s |
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Into Pole |
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| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| Max Damage Depth |
12 inches |
13 inches |
| Hip Force |
666 lbs. |
752 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.