Buying a 2015 Ford F150? Get the Supercrew.
There's no way to way to post this without looking like it's brand bashing, so I'll open with this: If safety is a primary concern, buy a Ford F150 Supercrew. It has fantastic crash ratings, I assume...
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transferred wrote:itguy08 wrote:jerem0621 wrote:
This is unethical and downright deadly. To knowingly put people in harms way when you have the ability to save them for pennies is cruel, unethical, and just plain wrong.
How so? Both vehicles pass the federal crashworthiness tests which are the only ones that really matter. The IIHS is a group from the insurance industry and their ratings are not related to the ones from the US Government. This test was not added until very recently.
That being said nobody knows if those blockers would even make a difference. The only way to know would be to buy another extended cab, weld them on, and crash them. Given that extended cabs tend to do worse on this test than crew cabs (see the links I posted for the GM vehicles), it would be interesting to see. It would also either vindicate Ford (if indeed it does nothing) or paint them as an evil company.
Of course they would make a difference, the crushing issue was in front of the cab so being an EC vs CC makes no difference. Side impact is a different matter.
Posting a video of a ALL NEW MODEL 2007 CC vs the 2006 INTRODUCED IN THE 90S shows only your bias and nothing else. Laughable, sure hope for your clients sake you aren't a lawyer.
Clearly buyers don't expect vital crash reinforcements to be missing from from that area. The proof is Ford are rushing out changes for MY16 as they've been caught. It's a disgrace and I'd say the same if it was GM or Dodge.
It is a disgrace!!
I would say the same thing about ANY auto Manufacturer that knowingly sacrificed safety for pennies...
We are not talking about a plastic latch vs a metal latch to save money. We are talking about equipment that FORD decided was worthy to put on one truck and not another.
Do they not realize that FAMILIES use extended cab trucks too? Not just SuperCrews?
Besides that... how much are lives worth? Not just families... Even if they expect more contractors to be in supercabs... how much are contractors lives worth?
I feel like Ricatic today... No more Blue.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
