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Source : Ford
Another industry first from Ford Motor Company will have drivers and front-seat passengers sitting pretty for longer periods of time. Product Design Engineer, Steve Michell, says the optional innovative front seats, debuting in the 2010 Ford Taurus were specifically desgined to make long drives far less fatiguing.
"The cushion massage, with this system, and this is the first of its kind in the industry and it really provides great benefit for people that spend a great deal of time in their vehicle and that's part of the reason we're bringing it in on the Taurus a full-size family vehicle as opposed to a luxury vehicle."
Michell says the intention of this Multi-Contour Seat with Active Motion is to relieve and change the pressure points while your sitting in that vehicle for extended periods of time.
"It allows those pressure points that develop over time to be changed, ever so slightly, and really promote circulation and reduces muscle fatique for the driver on the long term comfort evaluation."
This innovative seat, debuting in the 2010 Ford Taurus, has a total of seven bladders in each individual first-row seat providing six-way lumbar support, lumbar massage with a gently rolling pattern.
"We talk about a massage of a seat, it's a very, very subtle, gentle, low pressure type massage, if you're looking for a regular deep pressure massage, this is not your seat."
The Multi-Contour Seat with Active Motion is a trade mark name and Michell explained why.
"What it's doing with that cushion massage, is ever so slightly tilting the pelvis to keep that lower spin from getting locked into a certain spot, keeps that into an active type of environment which hence the trademark name for the cushion massage system which is "Active Motion."
The active motion of the lower cushion was developed in conjunction with Ford's European Research Center in Aachen, Germany, with input from back pain and fatique specialists from the medical community. The Multi-Contour Seat with Active Motion will be an option on the Ford 2010 Taurus and the 2010 Taurus SHO in showrooms this summer.
photo:Ford
Source : Ford
Another industry first from Ford Motor Company will have drivers and front-seat passengers sitting pretty for longer periods of time. Product Design Engineer, Steve Michell, says the optional innovative front seats, debuting in the 2010 Ford Taurus were specifically desgined to make long drives far less fatiguing.
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| Design Engineer, Steve Michell, says the optional innovative front seats, debuting in the 2010 Ford Taurus. |
"The cushion massage, with this system, and this is the first of its kind in the industry and it really provides great benefit for people that spend a great deal of time in their vehicle and that's part of the reason we're bringing it in on the Taurus a full-size family vehicle as opposed to a luxury vehicle."
Michell says the intention of this Multi-Contour Seat with Active Motion is to relieve and change the pressure points while your sitting in that vehicle for extended periods of time.
"It allows those pressure points that develop over time to be changed, ever so slightly, and really promote circulation and reduces muscle fatique for the driver on the long term comfort evaluation."
This innovative seat, debuting in the 2010 Ford Taurus, has a total of seven bladders in each individual first-row seat providing six-way lumbar support, lumbar massage with a gently rolling pattern.
"We talk about a massage of a seat, it's a very, very subtle, gentle, low pressure type massage, if you're looking for a regular deep pressure massage, this is not your seat."
The Multi-Contour Seat with Active Motion is a trade mark name and Michell explained why.
"What it's doing with that cushion massage, is ever so slightly tilting the pelvis to keep that lower spin from getting locked into a certain spot, keeps that into an active type of environment which hence the trademark name for the cushion massage system which is "Active Motion."
The active motion of the lower cushion was developed in conjunction with Ford's European Research Center in Aachen, Germany, with input from back pain and fatique specialists from the medical community. The Multi-Contour Seat with Active Motion will be an option on the Ford 2010 Taurus and the 2010 Taurus SHO in showrooms this summer.
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photo:Ford