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Ford credits the F-150’s high-strength steel frame and military-grade aluminum alloy body for its incredible crash-test results.
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The Daily Drive-Thru: as hard to avoid as a Tesla headline this month.
TeslaMotors launched a restyled Model S as quietly as, well, a Model S. The 2017 edition of the luxury sedan will include a cleaner front fascia that features a small, decorative insert around the “T” badge in lieu of the large, fake grille that previously dominated the EV’s front end. The new design is happy medium between original, superfluous grille and the disturbingly-smooth front end of the Model 3.
The soft launch of the 2017 Model S is a win for Tesla in this roller coaster of a month that began with the unveiling of the Model 3 sedanand a deluge of down paymentsfor the company’s first mass-production vehicle. Then things took a slight downturn. A crash test failure spurred a recall of Model X SUVsand reports surfaced that Tesla might run out of tax creditsfor the pre-ordered Model 3s.
Source: Tesla
Tesla rolled out a restyled Model S ealier this week.
Another day, another automaker launches a car-sharing app. JaguarLand Rover is the latest brand to catch the sharing bug with the premiere of its “InMotion” app, which will provide a variety of services “such as car sharing and car ownership solutions,” according the British manufacturer.
Unlike contemporaries such as Car2Go(Daimler), Maven(General Motors) and ReachNow(BMW), InMotion is not billed explicitly as a car-sharing program, but rather an app that might connect to car-sharing and other services. Jaguar is trying not to fall too far behind in this decreasingly car-dependent world, but don’t expect to be able to borrow a Jag to pick up groceries or a Land Roverto move your IKEA furniture around any time soon.
Source: Jaguar Land Rover/InMotion
The FordF-150 was the only pickup truck to earn a “good” rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, or IIHS, in the small overlap frontal test (also known as the corner crash test), one of the more common types of real-world crashes. The field of trucks tested included the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Ram 1500 and Toyota Tundra. Ford credits the F-150’s high-strength steel frame and military-grade aluminum alloy body for its strong crash-test performance and subsequent Top Safety Pick designation.
The Ram 1500, on the other hand, did not fare as wellduring its round of testing. The 1500 earned an overall safety rating of “marginal” and a “poor” rating in terms of structural security.
Sources: Ford , Yahoo! Autos