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