Despite the Fusion earning the
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s lowest side-impact
rating recently, at least Ford can celebrate a victory in SUV safety as the Explorer Sport Trac has received the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s highest rating of five stars for both front and side impacts. The Sport
Trac’s performance in the NHTSA’s tests mirrors that of the new Explorer, which was to be expected
considering how much hardware they share. Also note that the crash test conducted by the IIHS and NHTSA are not
related. At the moment it seems being awarded IIHS "Top Pick" status is worth more cred on the street than
five stars from the NHTSA.
[Source: Ford]
[Source: Ford]
