Say hello to the 2017 #Ford #Fusion, an impressive combination of safety and style. https://t.co/xsnrWXbsjB
— Ford Fusion (@FordFusion) June 16, 2016
The 2017 Ford Fusion earned an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ this year, which it actually has earned in the past. In fact, from 2009 to 2015, the Fusion earned either a Top Safety Pick, or a Top Safety Pick+. So why is this year so brag-worthily safe?
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety strengthened its standards last year, which actually caused the 2016 Fusion to be booted off its long-held Top Safety Pick award. Up until last year, a vehicle could be rated as acceptable in certain crash-test categories and still qualify for the award.
This year, uh-uh. The IIHS is putting its foot down. To be called a Top Safety Pick, a vehicle must earn a rating of good in all five crash tests.
Lucky, Ford engineers were already working a solution to beef up the protection offered by the Fusion in the notoriously tricky small-overlap front crash. Now this year's Fusion is the safest ever made, and it includes improved collision-prevention technology, too.
"The 2017 Ford Fusion is our most advanced car yet and we're proud to see it recognized by NHTSA and the IIHS for its safety performance too," said Bill Strickland, chief program engineer, Ford Motor Company. "Great new features include a pedestrian detection system and hands-free parallel and perpendicular parking capability, as well as existing optional lane-keeping assist and Blind Spot Information System with cross-traffic alert."
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