Ceteris Paribus, the Q7 would have experienced less deceleration due to its greater mass. Not a huge difference... about 700lbs... but still a difference.

5 stars doesn't tell the complete story. The liberty meets the requirements, but the q7 exceeds them. From the links I've found, the q7 is listed "superior" in front impact collisions.

And when you look at the technical test results, the footwell intrusion, steering column and instrument panel movement are 5 to 10 times greater in the liberty compared to the q7.

It looks like the Audi is just simply a safer vehicle in a frontal collision. And it's bigger. :-)

http://www.iihs.org/...p/liberty-4-door-suv

http://www.iihs.org/...v/audi/q7-4-door-suv

Collision in DE that killed the Archmere student? If so, I saw the pics of the vehicles yesterday and thought the same thing WRT the state of the cars and the difference in injuries.

My neighbor was driving an Acura MDX (based on the Honda Pilot, I think) and was hit head on by a woman in a small pickup. The lady in the truck died, and my neighbor walked away. She went out and bought another MDX after that.

http://www.wdel.com/news/teens-in-serious-critical-condition-following-head-on-crash-along/article_c7ed1116-a553-11e7-b5e2-77e032ed3608.html


What a difference! The Crunch zone definitely went deeper on the Liberty!
I Wonder if some how the Audi smashed its way up and over the Jeep's engine?

As i understood it all these cars are meant to direct all forces around and not through the driving space; so engine down under feet though looking at the picture it appears that the impact on the audi did not extend beyond the fron wheel arch

Amazing engineering

Obviously VW share their platforms across ranges so the q7 has same front end as bentley and prosche

I'd be interested in the mqb platform results

Edit to add: i think front crash prevention might be stock on q7 - it was not stock on my vw group car but i got the extra. In the event of a head on i bet the q7 was braking before driver and

This inspired me to go look up the ratings and crash test results of my car. It isn’t the absolute best, but it’s not too bad...

2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek
https://www.nhtsa.gov/...fety-ratings-frontal

Yep, you got it. And the photo above tells the story of a well made vehicle vs a POS cheap Jeep.