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Thursday, 22 July 2010 7:29 P.M.
Ford
Explorer Uses Teeter-Totter To Demonstrate Terrain Management System
in Windy City
Chicago
Auto Show attendees are invited to enjoy the Ford Explorer ride
experience at McCormick Place, Feb. 11-20
Photo
© 2011 Ford Motor Company and Wieck Media Services, Inc.
The
Ford Explorer ride experience at the Chicago Auto Show takes the
simple concept of a playground teeter-totter and transforms it into
an exciting and compelling demonstration of Explorer’s exclusive
Terrain Management System™.
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CHICAGO
-- The Ford Explorer ride experience at the Chicago Auto
Show takes the simple concept of a playground teeter-totter and
transforms it into an exciting and compelling demonstration of Explorer’s
exclusive Terrain Management System™.
The footprint
of the teeter-totter ride experience at the Chicago Auto Show is
approximately 5,000 square feet. Operated by a professional driver,
with show-goers as passengers, the Explorer starts out driving through
sand to demonstrate how it easily handles loose surfaces before
beginning to ascend the teeter-totter ramp.
The teeter-totter
itself, taking two full weeks to construct within the Ford exhibit,
is a steel structure 30 feet long and standing four feet tall. This
dramatic demonstration will provide a memorable experience for riders
and onlookers alike, as the vehicle drives up the ramp at an angle
approaching 22 degrees. Onboard passengers will be gazing at the
ceiling as Explorer continues its steep ascent.
Once at
the teeter-totter’s apex, Explorer will begin to descend the
ramp. This is where the Terrain Management System’s Hill Descent
Control™ activates to control speed and slippage, simulating
the capability, control and driver confidence the all-new Explorer
enables when drivers encounter steep downhill grades.
Explorer’s
Intelligent 4WD with Terrain Management eliminates guesswork by
employing simple icons to help determine the appropriate setting.
All a driver needs to do is turn the dial to match the system to
actual driving conditions, choosing between snow, sand, mud, hill
descent and normal settings. The system then adjusts engine and
transmission behavior, shift schedules and braking force to increase
driver confidence and control.
Intelligent
4WD with Terrain Management allows the vehicle to deliver the “any
road, anytime” capabilities SUV buyers expect, while eliminating
weight. Less mass helps the all-new Explorer to deliver up to 30
percent better fuel economy than the previous model.
Ford invites visitors to enjoy the Explorer ride experience at the
Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place, Feb. 11-20. The all-new Ford
Explorer is assembled at the company’s Chicago manufacturing
plant.
Source:
Ford Motor Company
Photo
© 2011 Ford Motor Company and Wieck Media Services, Inc.
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2011 Explorer features new Ford global DNA switchgear.
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