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“It's now rare for a vehicle to earn a rating of anything less than good in the frontal offset crash test.”
Adrian Lund
“Bumpers that bump apparently weren't a consideration during the design phase ... Designing good bumpers is no great engineering challenge ... but unless this is a priority we're going to continue seeing many manufacturers using inferior designs.”
“They've done the big things.”
“The performances of the four large pickup trucks ranged from poor to awful.”
“These pickups may look tough, but they're clearly not tough at all when it comes to preventing damage in low-speed crashes.”
“A terrible showing, the worst of a generally bad lot,”
“Ford has done a good job of designing its newest vehicles to better protect occupants in frontal crashes.”
“The Ram used to have the worst bumpers among the large pickup trucks the institute tested, but now it has the best bumpers.”
“It's disappointing because the 2002 Explorer is a whole new design. Ford had every opportunity to design the bumpers to do a better job of reducing damage.”
“Its bumpers fail to do what bumpers are supposed to do, which is to minimize damage in minor impacts. In fact, these bumpers are just expensive decorative trim.”
