Super TestCar reviews - Ford - Falcon - Fairmont Ghia V8 sedanFord modelsSafety22 Nov 2002 BA Falcon benefits from a number of active and passive safety improvements, not the least of them the 88 per cent stiffer bodyshell and, for the first time in a Falcon, the availability of side impact airbags to match Commodore. Standard in Fairmont Ghia and optional in all Falcon variants below Fairmont, the seat-mounted items necessitated the relocation of each front seat inboard by 12mm. Fairmont Ghia's safety package also includes ABS with EBD (Electronic Brake force Distribution), dual front airbags, three-point lap/sash seatbelts at all seating positions, front seatbelt height adjustment, seatbelt warning chime and head restraints for outboard seating positions - although there are only non-adjustable extended seat backs in the rear. Traction control is standard on XR6-T, XR8, Fairmont and Fairmont Ghia, while it is optional on Futura (not available on XT and the base XR6). A limited-slip differential is also standardon V8 models. Did you know?For BA Falcon, CAE staff used more than two billion CPU seconds for crash simulation. It would take a Pentium III computer more than 236 years to run one crash simulation. CAE engineers ran more than 1750 virtual crash simulations - that is more than one crash simulation every day, continuously, for four yearsAll car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen |
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