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]
