The Q6 e-tron’s pre-crash front seatbelts will tighten automatically in the event the vehicle detects an impending crash, improving protection against injury significantly. The Mustang Mach-E doesn’t offer pre-crash pretensioners.
Earlier warning of stopped traffic, traffic signals, dangerous road conditions, weather, or accidents, can keep driver's safer and prevent crashes. The Q6 e-tron has Car-to-X Services, a system that seamlessly communicates important warnings to the driver about impending danger, if they're available. The Mustang Mach-E doesn’t offer a system that can receive automated systems from infrastructure or other vehicles.
The Audi Q6 e-tron offers an optional Top View Cameras and it also offers an optional rear camera washer to make backing always safe, regardless of road dirt or grime, while the Ford Mustang Mach-E doesn’t offer a camera washer, requiring manual cleaning.
Both the Q6 e-tron and the Mustang Mach-E have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front and rear side-impact 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, post-collision automatic braking systems, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning, driver alert monitors and available around view monitors.
Side impacts caused 23% of all road fatalities in 2018, down from 29% in 2003, when the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety introduced its side barrier test. In order to continue improving vehicle safety, the IIHS has started using a more severe side impact test: 37 MPH (up from 31 MPH), with a 4180-pound barrier (up from 3300 pounds). The results of this newly developed test demonstrates that the Audi Q6 e-tron is safer than the Mustang Mach-E:
|
Q6 e-tron |
Mustang Mach-E |
Overall Evaluation |
GOOD |
GOOD |
Structure |
GOOD |
ACCEPTABLE |
|
Driver Injury Measures |
|
Head/Neck |
GOOD |
GOOD |
Head Injury Criterion |
32 |
115 |
Neck Tension |
134 lbs. |
357 lbs. |
Neck Compression |
-45 lbs. |
45 lbs. |
Torso |
GOOD |
ACCEPTABLE |
Shoulder Deflection |
.71 in |
1.42 in |
Shoulder Force |
178 lbs. |
268 lbs. |
Torso Max Deflection |
.71 in |
1.42 in |
Torso Deflection Rate |
4 MPH |
9 MPH |
Pelvis |
GOOD |
GOOD |
Pelvis Force |
312 lbs. |
825 lbs. |
Head Protection |
GOOD |
GOOD |
|
Passenger Injury Measures |
|
Head/Neck |
GOOD |
GOOD |
Neck Tension |
67 lbs. |
112 lbs. |
Neck Compression |
-67 lbs. |
22 lbs. |
Torso |
GOOD |
GOOD |
Shoulder Deflection |
.35 in |
.87 in |
Shoulder Force |
134 lbs. |
268 lbs. |
Torso Max Deflection |
.47 in |
.94 in |
Torso Deflection Rate |
3 MPH |
4 MPH |
Pelvis |
GOOD |
GOOD |
Pelvis Force |
402 lbs. |
535 lbs. |
Head Protection |
GOOD |
GOOD |