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2005 Kia Spectra

Blue Book® Suggested Retail Value

$4,587 - $4,945

Fuel Economy (city/hwy)

24 - 25 / 33 - 34 mpg

MSN Autos acquires crash test data provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). These organizations provide data for specific types of tests, which are valuable to consumers and worth observing.

NHTSA Frontal Crash Test

NHTSA rates crash-tested vehicles by assigning them one to five stars, with five stars indicating the most injury protection and one star indicating the least protection.

	Spectra w/ SAB
Driver Front
Passenger Front

NHTSA Side Crash Test

NHTSA rates crash-tested vehicles by assigning them one to five stars, with five stars indicating the most injury protection and one star indicating the least protection.

	Spectra w/ SAB
Front Side
Rear Side

IIHS Frontal Offset Crash Test

About IIHS

Each vehicle’s frontal offset crashworthiness is based on performance in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test. Ratings depend on how well the structure/safety cage protects the occupant compartment, the risk of injury measured for an average-sized male, and how well the restraint system controls occupant movement.

Rating Key:
G	Good		A	Acceptable		M	Marginal		P	Poor

	Injury measures
Vehicle make/model	OVERALL	Structure/ safety cage	Head/ neck	Chest	Leg/foot left, right	Restraints/ dummy kinematics


2005 Kia Spectra	P	G	M	A	AM	M
(Tested: 2004 Kia Spectra EX 4-door - Mfg. after 11/03)
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2005 Kia Spectra	A	G	A	A	MA	A
(Tested: 2005 Kia Spectra EX 4-door - Mfg. after 01/05)
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IIHS Frontal Offset Crash Video

	2005 Kia Spectra IIHS Frontal Crash Test (Tested: 2004 Kia Spectra EX 4-door - Mfg. after 11/03)
	2005 Kia Spectra IIHS Frontal Crash Test (Tested: 2005 Kia Spectra EX 4-door - Mfg. after 01/05)

IIHS Frontal Offset Crash Photos

Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.

Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test. The dummy's head is beginning to move through the open side window after the head rebounded from the airbag.

The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test of the 2004 model indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained well.

The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test of the 2005 model indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained well.

The dummy's head hit the steering wheel through the airbag, producing a high head acceleration.

Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the B-pillar and head restraint during rebound. Head accelerations from these hits were low.

Forces on both lower legs were high enough to indicate the possibility of injuries.

The crashworthiness data for this vehicle has been obtained from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and is protected by copyrights and other proprietary rights. You may reproduce a copy of the data for personal use only. You may not repost, distribute, sell, publish, broadcast, or any other way commercially exploit any of the data without written permission from the Institute.