Ford, Honda score high on safety test
The crash-happy folks over at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) have just released the results of their newest round of testing, and Acura and Ford have come out on top. Both the Acura MDX and the Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable earned the highest possible scores.
The MDX was rated as “Good” in front-, side- and rear-collisions, and the same goes for the Taurus and its rebadged sibling. All three vehicles garnered the “Top Safety Pick” award, which was aided by the fact that the Taurus and Sable have optional stability control.
Although there was no mention of the IIHS’s new seat/head restraint results for the FoMoCo twins, the MDX had improved its score in that department after Honda engineers tinkered with the setup for the 2007 model year.
[Source: Detroit News]
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