Only one pickup earns the highest rating of safety - News IIHS
Various Ford F-150s, different results of crash tests.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has new aluminum-bodied 2015 Ford F-150 SuperCrew and Supercab in for its annual test of the accident five point The SuperCrew, full cabin crew four-door Ford, well in all the tests and qualified for 2015 Top safety pick award the Supercab, pickup extended Ford cab, got good grades on four of the five tests, but suffered significant damage in the small test before overlap .
IIHS said normally tests one car per body style, but because the F-150 is a big seller, he decided to do two.
After testing the cabin crew in the spring, questions were raised about the extended cab capacity to match the good performance of small overlap of the cabin crew, we made an initial analysis and decided test the extended cab, too, said David Zuby, chief IIHS research officer for starters, there's been a lot of buzz around the release of the first pick-up-aluminum body and how it would perform in crash tests , Zuby continued, what is more, even the sales of extended cab lowest best selling those of many passenger vehicles we rate.
To keep things fair, the IIHS said he évalueriez several other variants later this year microphones.
The small test before covering consists of the read head moving at 40 mph to a reading head rigid high barrier 5 Twenty-five feet percent hits the barrier during a crash test dummy wire-up is seated in the driver's seat the Supercrew protected the manikin in the test, saving the passenger compartment and the preservation of the survival space for the driver in the Supercab, a portion of the infiltrated structure of the passenger compartment, which leads to poor structural dimension the pedal lever has been pushed 10-13 inches, the steering column has been delayed 8 inches and the dashboard has been blocked against the bottom injury model legs were caused on the right thigh left leg and left foot.
Ford added structural elements to the front chassis of the cabin crew to win a nice little cover note and a Top Safety Pick award, but didn t do the same for the extended cab, Zuby said shortchanges buyers who might choose the extended cab thinking that it offers the same protection in this type of accident that the cabin crew it doesn t.
What is the new 2015 Ford F-150 is just to replace the best-selling vehicle in North America the last 32 years - is widely regarded as the most profitable model.
For overlap moderate, side and roof tests, two trucks scored well The roof Supercrew resisted a force of nearly six times the weight of the truck while the Supercab held about 5 3 times the weight of the truck, with good protection in a rollover accident.
The IIHS also reviewed the repair costs for the new pickup aluminum He performed crash tests on the two F-150 models in steel and aluminum - a front to the back of the other, and vice in both scenarios versa, said IIHS, the F -150 aluminum sustained more damage than the steel model it also said that repair costs total 26 percent higher for the pickup of aluminum.
Ford responded, saying he did not agree with the cost repairability put forward by the IIHS, citing a study by the shop certification company independent Performance Assured that said repair costs real world on the F-150 2015 averaged 869 less than last year's model Ford also cites Allstate and State Farm, which say that insurance costs will be comparable to last year.
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