2017 Ford Fusion Earns A Top Safety Pick+ Award

PEKIN, Ill., – The 2017 Ford Fusion earns a Top Safety Pick+ Award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) by earning good ratings in all five crashworthiness tests. Each test targets a different area of the vehicle and how it will hold up in the case of a crash.

These five tests include moderate overlap front, side, roof strength, head restraints, and front crash prevention. To earn a Top Safety Pick+ award, a vehicle must receive good ratings in all categories, as well as have a front crash prevention system with an advanced or superior rating. The 2017 Ford Fusion received superior marks in the front crash prevention category.

The 2017 Fusion was designed with a new modified front-end structure, which helped it get a good rating in the overlap front test. As well as this addition, the new Fusion offers an optional active braking system to help drivers avoid collisions. This improvement helped it receive its superior rating in the front crash prevention category.

As well as the new safety features, the Ford Fusion’s other features include a pedestrian detection system, hands-free parallel and perpendicular parking capability, lane-keeping assist, and Blind Spot Information system with cross-traffic alert.

We’re happy to announce that the 2017 Ford Fusion earns a Top Safety Pick+ Award from the IIHS. If you’d like to test drive the 2016 Ford Fusion, come down to Velde Ford Pekin, or schedule an appointment online! If you need any help with your routine maintenance this summer, be sure to check our new Summer Car Care pages for tons of helpful information about your cooling and A/C system, exterior lights, fuel system, cosmetic repairs, and sun protection!

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Ford F-150 Earned A 2016 IIHS Top Safety Pick

PEKIN, Ill. – We’re very happy to announce that the Ford F-150 earned a 2016 IIHS Top Safety Pick for the SuperCrew and SuperCab configurations, making it the only large pickup to earn this recognition.

The Ford F-150 earned the 2016 IIHS Safety Pick with its all-new military-grade, aluminum alloy body high-strength steel frame, and smart engineering. Thanks to the new build, the F-150 is 700lbs lighter, which helped it score top ratings in payload, towing, and EPA-estimated gas fuel economy.

Very proud of the achievement, Raj Nair, the Ford executive vice president, said, “From the moment our team set out to design and build the new F-150, we knew it had to be best-in-class. From the moment our team set out to design and build the new F-150, we knew it had to be best-in-class.”

Ford engineers worked diligently to make the F-150 the best and safest truck on the road. With 31 safety-related innovations, the F-150 was sure to be one of the safest on the road. The F-150 was also put through rigorous testing with supercomputer simulations and advance laboratories.

We’re also proud to say that the 2016 F-150 earned a 2016 IIHS Top Safety Pick and is the only full-size pickup that has earned a five-star rating for the driver and passenger in all crash test modes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

If you’d like to learn more about the 2016 Ford F-150 head on over to VeldeFordPekin.com! Our F-150 page outlines safety features, technology features, upgradable packages, engine options, and competing model comparisons. Learn why every other truck is history by going online today. Interested in taking one for a test drive? Check out our inventory to find one that you like and come into our dealership. Our sale representatives at Velde Ford are happy to take care of you and get you in the truck of your dreams.

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2015 Ford F-150 First Pickup to Earn 5-Star Rating for SuperCrew Model

PEKIN, Illi.– Here’s some news that might throw a few of you off: the 2015 Ford F-150 is the first pickup to earn a 5-star safety rating for its SuperCrew model from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

The 2015 Ford F-150 is expected to be the top vehicle driven by military members as it was in 2014, and has already earned a number of awards. Now the F-150 has gone a step further by giving a superb crash test performance due to a 700-pound weight loss through its high-strength steel frame, aluminum alloy body, and flat out ingenious engineering.

The weight loss wasn’t easy, but a team of Ford truck product development veterans and researchers were able to pull it off and create a durable, capable, fuel efficient, safe pickup. According to Ford, the team developed 31 safety-related advancements like new structures, materials and joining methods that were virtually tested with supercomputer simulations before the F-150 was retested in advanced laboratories and engineered as the safest F-150 yet.

Despite the fact that the 2015 Ford F-150 is the first pickup to earn a 5-star safety rating for its SuperCrew model, there are still plenty of doubters out there who claim the repair costs of the new F-150 are too high. In the words of Taylor Swift, "Haters gonna hate," but you can bet Ford totally disagrees with these claims that are based on data from unrealistic stunts and has no problem disproving them on the truth about truck safety and repairability

Ford prefers to look at real-world accident repair data because, well, you’re a real person and could find yourself in a real accident, not some contrived stunt. And the real-world repair costs aren’t actually that high. In fact, Ford says real-world repair costs for the 2015 F-150 end up being about $869 less than last year’s F-150 model, according to the body shop certification company Assured Performance. Allstate and State Farm have also backed up Ford’s claims that the 2015 F-150’s repair costs are affordable, stating that insurance costs are comparable with 2014 models.

Regardless of what doubters say, Ford has the facts and this top safety award, not to mention support from other companies, proves that the 2015 Ford F-150 is a capable, durable, safe pickup. Got a ding in your 2015 F-150? Feel free to bring it into our collision shop! If you still need to be convinced that this is the highest-quality pickup in the market, feel free to come test-drive any of the New Ford Trucks at our Washington, IL, area Ford dealership!

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