| "With the addition of a number of new | | | | bigger than today's model for increased cargo |
| competitive offerings, the sport utility truck | | | | capacity. |
| segment is red hot, and it's time for the original to | | | | Ford's exclusive Roll Stability Control (TM) |
| raise the bar again for everyone else to try to | | | | technology features roll-rate sensing and |
| follow," said Chris Feuell, Ford Motor Company | | | | correcting capability, assisting the driver in |
| SUV group marketing manager. "This concept | | | | maintaining vehicle control during extreme |
| magnifies all of the aspects of Sport Trac that | | | | maneuvers. If the system detects the possibility |
| customers already love and introduces some | | | | of a rollover, within milliseconds, it automatically |
| street- savvy cues." | | | | engages counter measures to help the driver |
| The Explorer Sport Trac is the first sport utility | | | | maintain maximum control and further reduce the |
| vehicle with the versatility of four full doors, a | | | | risk of rollover. |
| roomy feature-filled interior and a pickup truck's | | | | A micro-machined gyroscopic sensor determines |
| cargo box. Today's Explorer Sport Trac is the | | | | the vehicle's body roll angle and roll rate. This |
| only vehicle in its segment to offer a durable | | | | information, along with Ford-developed algorithms |
| color-coordinated cargo box and an available | | | | embedded in advanced software is used with |
| swing-over tubular bed extender that dramatically | | | | other vehicle sensors' inertial information on yaw |
| increases its capability to haul oversized cargo. | | | | rate, lateral and longitudinal accelerations to |
| The Explorer Sport Trac concept's interior is | | | | monitor the vehicles roll stability condition |
| larger and the cargo bed is about 30 percent | | | | approximately 150 times per second. |