The XT6 Premium Luxury/Sport’s optional pre-crash front seatbelts will tighten automatically in the event the vehicle detects an impending crash, improving protection against injury significantly. The Aviator doesn’t offer pre-crash pretensioners.
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 XT6 are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The Aviator doesn’t offer a back seat reminder.
With its standard Automatic Emergency Braking, the Cadillac XT6 is better at preventing collisions with pedestrians than the Lincoln Aviator, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety:
|
XT6 |
Aviator |
Overall Evaluation |
ACCEPTABLE |
MARGINAL |
|
Crossing Child - DAY |
|
12 MPH |
AVOIDED |
AVOIDED |
25 MPH |
-23 MPH |
-21 MPH |
|
Crossing Adult - NIGHT |
|
25 MPH Brights |
-24 MPH |
-20 MPH |
|
Parallel Adult - NIGHT |
|
25 MPH Brights |
AVOIDED |
-18 MPH |
25 MPH Low beams |
-24 MPH |
-4 MPH |
Warning Issued-Brights |
1.8 sec |
1.4 sec |
37 MPH Low beams |
-10 MPH |
No Slowing |
Warning Issued-Low beams |
1.5 sec |
.4 sec |
A passive infrared night vision system optional on the XT6 Premium Luxury/Sport helps the driver to more easily detect people, animals or other objects in front of the vehicle at night. Using an infrared camera to detect heat, the system then displays the image on a monitor in the dashboard. The Aviator doesn’t offer a night vision system.
Both the XT6 and the Aviator have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning, 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 Cadillac XT6 is safer than the Lincoln Aviator:
|
XT6 |
Aviator |
|
Driver |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Neck Injury Risk |
25% |
26.3% |
|
Passenger |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
305 |
318 |
Neck Stress |
155 lbs. |
187 lbs. |
Neck Compression |
71 lbs. |
129 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
9/6 lbs. |
380/405 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 Cadillac XT6 is safer than the Lincoln Aviator:
|
XT6 |
Aviator |
|
Front Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Chest Movement |
.7 inches |
.9 inches |
Abdominal Force |
117 lbs. |
161 lbs. |
|
Rear Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Hip Force |
249 lbs. |
604 lbs. |
|
Into Pole |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Spine Acceleration |
39 G’s |
39 G’s |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.