Vehicle Year & Model Interchange List

1 Vehicle year & Model Interchange List (Sisters & Clones List) Domestic & Import Makes 1974-2009 This publication has been provided free of charge as a courtesy to the traffic accident reconstruction community by Gregory C. Anderson of Scalia Safety Engineering. Neptune Engineering, Inc. Box 1597 Clovis, CA 93613-1597 (559) 297-1593 FAX (559) 298-2465 Internet: Liability Disclaimer This publication has been made available free of charge by Gregory C. Anderson of Scalia Safety Engineering. All comments regarding the quality, performance or merchant ability of this publication should be sent to Mr. Anderson at: Gregory C. Anderson Scalia Safety Engineering 521 E. Washington Avenue, Suite 200 Madison, WI 53703-2914 Voice: (608) 256-8020 Fax: (608) 256-0212 E-Mail: Neptune Engineering, Inc.

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3 The user must agree to assume full responsibility for any decisions which are based, in whole or in part, upon information obtained by using this publication. year / Model Interchange LIST (Clones & Sisters) This list began in 1990 with a stated need in the Accident Reconstruction community for a centralized source of equivalent vehicles for referring to NHTSA crash tests, since NHTSA does not retest vehicles every year if they have not changed significantly, and generally will only test one sample Vehicle of a family of vehicles that may be sold under different brand names but are essentially the same Vehicle structurally. As such the focus of the list is primarily frontal collisions (for deriving stiffness coefficients, etc.). There are occasions when, for example, significant interior changes are made in the middle of a Model 's run which may be relevant to occupant protection but will not be picked up in the list if there are not significant structural changes ( changes in "hard points", wheelbase, etc.)

4 At the same time. Often the degree of change is arguable. (If you were to believe some of the manufacturers, their cars are "all new" every year !). Whether to start a new "base" year is sometimes a judgment call and you may disagree. When there are changes like these the remarks column will generally say "Restyle" in some form or another. The start and end year may or may not have a break at this point, depending on the perceived degree of structural change. Either way, the terminology is there to alert you to this. If you have some insight into a specific area, call or e-mail me with your input. Regarding trucks and SUVs, remember that the focus of the list is frontal crashes. Therefore comments will sometimes reflect an equivalent Vehicle with (Front), (Fr), etc.

5 This is because, for example, many of the truck-based SUVs have essentially the same structure from the cowl forward as the pickup trucks from which they were derived, but are greatly different to the rear. Therefore, if you are dealing with (for example) side impacts, rear impacts, yaw inertia, etc. the vehicles will generally NOT be equivalent. Please also allow me the standard disclaimer that I do not in any way guarantee the accuracy of these lists . Some similarities represent my own estimates, and some of the older years are from memory. Most are pulled from specifications tables, which may contain inaccuracies all their own. Use common sense-if something seems wrong, check it (and tell me). If you have suggestions, corrections, etc. contact Greg Anderson, (608)256-8020, Fax 256-0212, e-mail The list is produced annually for the meeting of the Accident Investigation and Reconstruction Practices Committee (a Standards committee of SAE) at the SAE Congress in Detroit, and is generally available from several sources after that.

6 As of 2009 all cars, trucks, vans, and SUV's (4-door SUV's are also called Station Wagons) are incorporated into a single list, including both Import Makes and Domestic Makes. Also, Domestic-make cars prior to 1980 are included from 1974 to 1980 (just ignore the heading prior to 1980). This CD includes the list in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format as well as the entire database in its native format, Microsoft Access 2007(.accdb) Gregory C. Anderson, Scalia Safety Engineering 521 E. Washington Ave., Suite 200 Madison, WI 53703 (608)256-8020 year / Model Interchange List All Makes Cars and Trucks18-Apr-09 Suggestions for using the year / Model I TERCHA GE LIST (Clones/Sisters List):1980 is an arbitrary cutoff point. If 1980 appears as the first year , this does OT necessarily mean that earlier years were not of the same body style.

7 This list is created for researching primarily frontal impact first year produced may contain a reference to which Vehicle the subject Vehicle was based on, if applicable, or Whether the subject Vehicle was a restyle of an existing Vehicle . This may be of assistance in trying to find a greater sample of similar vehicles. This information will generally be listed O LY in the first year of production. Remember that if you are concerned with Yaw Inertia, watch out for different wheelbases on the same Model . These lists were produced with frontal crush data in of construction. f=frame/body, u=unitizedDrive=Drive wheels. f=front, r=rear, 4 or a=allBody Styles: 2d=2door,3d=2door Hatchback,4d=4door,5d=4door Hatchback,SW=Station WagonWB=Wheelbase. When more than one is listed, they correspond to the order of body style also allow me the standard disclaimer that I do not in any way guarantee the accuracy of these lists .

8 Some similarities represent my own estimates, and some of the older years are by memory. Most are pulled from specifications tables which may contain inaccuracies all their own. Use common sense if something seems wrong, check it (and tell me).If you have suggestions, corrections, etc. contact Greg Anderson, Scalia Safety Engineering, Madison, WI (608)256 8020 Fax 256 0212, e mail MODELSTYLESWBBODY DRV START/E D ALT_MDLREMARKSPage 120102010 All Cars and Trucks, Import and Domestic Zeta II Chassis (G8)Mazda34d, ,420102010 New. C-class chassis2009 All Cars and Trucks, Import and Domestic Romeo8C Competizione2dur20092009 NewAston MrtnDB92d, Is DBSV antage2d, , , ,420052009 Conv stays on old , ,420082009A4 (not conv)Also S5A64d, ,420052009 Also S6A84d121uf,420042009 Also A4/A5 ChassisQ7SW118u420072009 Toureg, CayenneStretched Toureg GallardoTT2d, , GTC, SpeedFlying GTStretched GT.

9 Also SpeedBMW128,1352d, ,3352/4/ ,420062009528,535, M5650Ci2d, M67504dur20092009 NewMAKE MODELSTYLESWBBODY DRV START/E D ALT_MDLREMARKSPage (may be 2010) ,420082009 Outlk, Acad., ,older ,420072009 Tahoe, YukonEscalade ESVSUV130fr,420072009 Suburban, Yukon XLEscalade EXTP ickup/SU130fr,420072009 AvalancheFront same as ,42004200903-07 ,42005200903-07 CTSAlso -VChevrolet2500HD, 3500 HDPickup119,133fr,420082009 GMC Sierra HDAvalanchePickup/SU130fr,420072009 Escalade EXTAveo4d, , , ,420042009 CanyonCorvette2d, ,420052009 Torrent, VueExpressVan135,155ur20032009 GMC , Old GrPrixMalibu4duf20082009 Aura, G6, , ,420072009 GMC SierraSuburbanSW130fr,420072009 Yukon XL,Escalade ESVNewTahoeSUV116fr,420072009 YukonNewTrailBlazerSUV113fr,420022009 Envoy,9-7X, ,420092009 Outlk, Acad.

10 ,EnclaveNew. (To Chevrolet)Chrysler3004d120ur,420052009 Charger, ,420072009 DurangoPT Cruiser4d103uf20012009 Sebring4d, or Hard-roof for ConvTown & Caravan, VW , PatriotChallenger2d116ur20082009300?Shor tened 300 ,420052009 Durango (Frontal) ,420042009 AspenGrand , VW ,420092009 Sebring, ,420092009 Sebring, AvengerNew. Stretched ,420072009 Jeep LibertyRam 1500 Pickup120,140fr,420092009 NewRam HD 25/3500 Pickupfr,420032009 Heavy Duty , Van(Eur)Was sold as , Conv102ur20062009 FordCrown ,420072009 Lincoln ,420012009 Mariner, TributeExpeditionSW119fr,420032009 Lincoln NavigatorExpedition ELSW131fr,420072009 ExpeditionJust a longer ExpeditionExplorerSW114fr,420062009 MountaineerExplorer ,420072009 ExplorerExplorer w/Pickup bedF150 Pickup126 to 157fr, ,420092009 Taurus XStretched Taurus X ChassisFocus3,4,5,SW103uf20002009 Restyle ,420062009 Milan, ShelbyRangerPickup108,114,125fr,41998200 9 Super Duty 250 , ,420052009 MAKE MODELSTYLESWBBODY DRV START/E D ALT_MDLREMARKSPage ,420082009 SableTaurus ,420052009 Was FreestyleGMC2500HD, 3500 HDPickup119,133fr,420082009 Silverado HDNew (switches to new body)