WATCH: Ford truck performs poorly in crash test - NBC2 News
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The new all-aluminum Ford F-150 crew cab pickup did well in a tough new crash test but the slightly smaller SuperCab version of the truck earned poor marks. Both versions were subjected to the new small overlap front crash test. In that test, a vehicle hits a barrier at 40 miles per hour with just one-quarter of its front bumper. The larger Ford F-150 SuperCrew version of the truck has added structures that helped protect the passenger compartment during the small overlap test. The Insurance Institute was originally going to test only the larger SuperCrew truck because that's the most popular version of the truck. After learning of the structural differences from other versions of the truck, though, the Institute decided to test the smaller version as well. In the future, the Institute will test more than one version of large pickups like the F-150, the Institute said. When this crash test was introduced in 2012, the new F-150 was already far into development, Ford spokesman Mike Levine said. Source: www.nbc-2.com
