Adding to the Freestyle's safety net, is what Ford calls its "Safety Canopy"
system, providing side curtain-type airbags for all three rows of occupants.
Also, Ford laser-welds the side pillars and other structural components, strengthening the body which in-turn helps to redirect crash forces underneath the Freestyle's seats.
An adaptive steering column, which collapses horizontally under impact, plus driver airbag deployment levels that are tailored to the size and position (gauged off of the seat track position) of occupant, enhances the Freestyle's safety benefit package.
While the IIHS wasn't the first tribute to Ford's Freestyle, its first year found Parents Magazine's and AAA's best cars for families rating, while it was also named the Official Winter Vehicle by the New England Motor Press Association.
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| An adaptive steering column, which collapses horizontally under impact, enhances the Freestyle's safety benefit package. (Photo: Ford Motor Company of Canada) |
Also, Ford laser-welds the side pillars and other structural components, strengthening the body which in-turn helps to redirect crash forces underneath the Freestyle's seats.
An adaptive steering column, which collapses horizontally under impact, plus driver airbag deployment levels that are tailored to the size and position (gauged off of the seat track position) of occupant, enhances the Freestyle's safety benefit package.
While the IIHS wasn't the first tribute to Ford's Freestyle, its first year found Parents Magazine's and AAA's best cars for families rating, while it was also named the Official Winter Vehicle by the New England Motor Press Association.