Originally Posted by goodtimes
Did they test the roll over abilities at high speeds with an suv pursuit vehicle?
True, high CG vehicles like that would roll over much easier than a sedan. Crash testing a 2018 Ford Explorer results in poor performance. Bad headlights too. Roof crush (your rollover inquiry) is decent, but not that good.
https://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/ford/explorer-4-door-suv
Originally Posted by LoneRanger
Useful for State Police or Highway Patrol, but municipal Dept's operating with a focus on Problem Oriented Policing and Community Policing could care less about high powered "interceptor" engines and are also typically under significant budget constraints these days, with fuel budgets being no exception. Our Dept, for example,
buys standard base model 4 cyl Ford Fusions at a dime a dozen for CID cars (Detectives), and only the V6 versions of the Special Service pkg's from either Ford or Dodge for patrol ops, and even then they wince at the
fuel budget every year.
These hybrid Fusions would be much better, although probably about $2,000 more per car.
https://www.ford.com/fordpoliceresponder/ I have the same powertrain in my Ford C-Max and love it, seldom idling, in city driving I get up to 52 MPG, averaging 44 MPG now in mixed driving, long term. Say a detective car gets 40,000 miles per year on it (multiple shifts, I dunno), then it would take about 1 year to recoup the addiional cost of the $2k extra for the Fusion hybrid version.
Originally Posted by thescreensavers
You can check the Rollover Resistance ratings here
https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2018/FORD/EXPLORER/SUV/FWD#safety-ratings-rollover
Roof crush was good, but not great really. My '18 Equinox boxy CUV did better for example. IIHS has a good test at
https://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/ford/explorer-4-door-suv