The Ford Ranger recently got rowdy with some Australian crash testing machinery and scored an admirable safety rating, but what exactly enabled it to achieve the lucrative five-stars? We delve into its active and passive safety tech here.
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The latest Ford Ranger, based on recent ANCAP testing, is the safest yet. The body has been overhauled to be more rigid and the model has been equipped with more safety protocols than ever before. The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) program tests new vehicles sold in the Australian market through a variety of different crash tests to determine occupant protection. Learn more about how it fared at the link below.
As standard, the Ford Ranger is equipped with dual frontal, side chest-protecting and side head-protecting curtain airbags, as well as a driver and passenger knee airbag and centre airbag located between the front row of seats.
Other safety features as standard include outboard ISOFIX and top tethers, autonomous emergency braking, lane-departure warning, lane-keep assist, road edge detection, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert and adaptive cruise control
For XLT models and above, adaptive cruise control with stop/go, traffic sign recognition and lane-centing aid are further thrown into the mix. Our local specification is yet to be confirmed which means that our models may be identically equipped. The Silverton manufactured bakkie is expected to arrive by the close of the year, with more details of its safety aids expected closer to its launch.
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