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Ford Explorer=roll over king!
I just read in the paper that the Ford Explorer Sport Trac 4x2 got the worst rating in the governments new roll-over tests....WAY TO GO FORD! Here's to being number 1....for all the wrong reasons
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I didn't know that the government did rollover tests. Link please.
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Nick,
Uncle just statred doing rollover tests. I don't have the link.
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I read it in the paper. Sorry, current technology does not allow me to give you a link to the newspaper in my trash.
Dave |
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http://www.nhtsa.gov/NCAP/Cars/2004SUVs.html
Well, whaddya know? The NHTSA is apparently doing a new rollover test. I see that their previous ratings were purely mathematical and probably not very accurate. I wouldn't bash Ford over this just yet. As you can see on the list, very few SUVs have actually been tested. It's likely there will be worse yet.
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did they test the xterra???
i see those on their sides a LOT Kelli
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On my way home from work on Tuesday, I noticed that some guy decided to do a rollover test of his Pathfinder - it failed.
Ford has been blasted for years for the design of the Explorer. It's a very tall and narrow design that even in it's current iteration is quite unstable. I think it's probably the fact that Ford is struggling so much right now that is keeping one of their best selling vehicles from getting good design attention. |
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