The F – 150 2021 joins the industry’s safest vehicles after winning the Top Safety award Pick, awarded by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in America (IIHS) . This Ford truck, celebrated as the best-selling vehicle in the country for more than 40 years, it won recognition thanks to its new LED headlights, which are optional . However, those same lighthouses were responsible for not reaching the highest award given by this institution, the Top Safety Pick Plus award. According to Car & Driver, it is because the lower models, less equipped, have conventional headlights.
In addition to not having won the highest prize, according to IIHS specifications, Crew Cab and Crew Cab models only, corresponding to model year 2021, have this safety recognition that has become one of the best guides for buyers and an endorsement for manufacturers.
In addition to its LED headlights, the F – 150 2021, stands out for other more notable characteristics . The IHSS also evaluates the selected vehicles on other fronts related to resistance, subjecting them to strong frontal and side impacts to measure the protection they offer According to the data provided by this institution that promotes the safety of drivers on the country’s roads , each vehicle considered must pass with very good marks six impact tests that represent the most important part of the evaluation that leads to the award.
In order to win the highest award, the F – 150 2021 would need all models to count with the LED headlights that the company has in the double cab and extended cab models , a feature that many customers, like the IIHS, many consider extremely necessary to better visualize the road at night or in adverse weather circumstances.
Be that as it may, the IIHS decision means a breakthrough in terms of safety for this vehicle that now also has a fully electric version, the F – 200 Lightning, a truck that since its launch has been revolutionizing the automotive industry in the United States and around the world .
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