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Ford's Explorer and Taurus vehicles, both pictured, scored high in?National Highway Safety Administration safety ratings.
The best policy to follow on the road is ?don?t hit stuff,? but if you do, your chances of walking away unharmed increase if you?re driving a Taurus, Explorer or Lincoln MKS, according to a new published report by the National Highway Safety Administration, or NHSA.
These vehicles scored 5 stars, or ?best,? for performance in front and side-impact crashes. They?re also less likely to roll over in a wreck and offer several active and passive restraint technologies and driver assist features to keep you from crashing in the first place, including better-designed stability systems and ABS brakes.
The equipment is getting ?smarter,? too, with dual-stage driver and front passenger airbags that deploy at high or low output based on occupant size, seat position and safety belt status, and the force of the bag?s inflation is adjusted based on the severity of the crash. The Explorer also boasts Ford's first passenger-side knee airbag ? a boon especially for big and tall drivers.
Ford and Lincoln?s #1 ranking is good news for them, but other automakers on NHSA?s list didn?t fare as well. For the test administered on Lexus? IS, for example, the vehicle?s A-pillar bent and the footwell collapsed in a test crash as the left front wheel and tire were forced into the cockpit, trapping the crash test dummy?s left foot in the intruding structure and the right foot ending up wedging beneath the brake pedal ? ouch.
Mercedes C-class also ended up wedging the dummy?s right foot beneath the brake pedal as the left front wheel was sent rearward during their crash tests. Volkswagen?s CC saw the driver?s door sheared off during one of the tests ? a first in the history of the institute. The door loss resulted in an immediate automatic downgrade to ?poor? for the CC because doors aren?t even supposed to open during a crash, let alone fly off their hinges. Audi?s A4?s doors also opened, but did not separate from the vehicle.
A low safety rating doesn?t necessarily mean a ?dangerous? car in this case, however. Audi, Volkswagen, Lexus and Mercedes all have the latest in safety equipment otherwise, and each has the means to catch up to Ford in future NHSA tests. What?s news is that Yank automakers, bankrupt only a few short years ago, have gotten their act together in all areas of auto design and are topping lists like these.
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