In the past twenty years hundreds of infants and young children have died after being left in vehicles, usually by accident. When turning the vehicle off, drivers of the Nautilus are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The A6 Allroad doesn’t offer a back seat reminder.
The Nautilus has a standard blind spot warning system which uses sensors to alert the driver to objects in the vehicle’s blind spots where the side view mirrors don’t reveal them. A system to reveal vehicles in the A6 Allroad’s blind spot costs extra.
To help make backing out of a parking space safer, the Nautilus has a standard rear cross-path warning system, which uses sensors in the rear bumper to alert the driver to vehicles approaching from the side, helping the driver avoid collisions. Rear cross-path warning costs extra on the A6 Allroad.
Both the Nautilus and the A6 Allroad have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front and rear seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, post-collision automatic braking systems, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, rearview cameras, available all wheel drive and around view monitors.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Lincoln Nautilus is safer than the Audi A6 Allroad:
|
Nautilus |
A6 Allroad |
OVERALL STARS |
5 Stars |
4 Stars |
|
Driver |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Neck Injury Risk |
22.4% |
30% |
Neck Stress |
229 lbs. |
322 lbs. |
Neck Compression |
21 lbs. |
64 lbs. |
|
Passenger |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
4 Stars |
HIC |
282 |
354 |
Chest Compression |
.4 inches |
.5 inches |
Neck Injury Risk |
35.2% |
41% |
Neck Stress |
197 lbs. |
228 lbs. |
Neck Compression |
44 lbs. |
98 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
145/201 lbs. |
263/331 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 Lincoln Nautilus is safer than the Audi A6 Allroad:
|
Nautilus |
A6 Allroad |
|
Front Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
84 |
135 |
Hip Force |
192 lbs. |
262 lbs. |
|
Rear Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
103 |
135 |
Spine Acceleration |
41 G’s |
43 G’s |
Hip Force |
635 lbs. |
716 lbs. |
|
Into Pole |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
257 |
395 |
Spine Acceleration |
38 G’s |
39 G’s |
Hip Force |
425 lbs. |
514 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.