"The highest praise I can give the Sport Trac team is that they achieved the same driving experience as the new Explorer. Like Explorer, 2007 Sport Trac is just as comfortable on the freeway as it is driving down a washboard road, with the ideal balance of road isolation and ride control."


New Safety System: Sport Trac offers class-exclusive AdvanceTrac with Roll Stability Control, as well as new adaptive safety features

2007 Sport Trac also features the same class-leading safety package offered on the 2006 Ford Explorer.

"The 2007 Sport Trac offers the same impressive suite of safety features as the 2006 Explorer," says Sue Cischke, vice president, Environmental and Safety Engineering. "It offers active safety technology - including confidence-inspiring handling and braking combined with AdvanceTrac with industry-exclusive Roll Stability Control (RSC) - to help prevent accidents. In the case of an accident, the new Sport Trac offers enhanced rollover and side-impact protection and four new adaptive-safety technologies that help determine the degree of frontal-impact protection based on crash severity, occupant size, and safety-belt usage."

2007 Sport Trac's agile handling and powerful brakes provide an added measure of safety and security during emergency maneuvers. Contributing its confident nature is Sport Trac's standard Advance Trac with Roll Stability Control - an exclusive active safety system not offered by any other manufacturer.

As with typical active stability enhancement systems, AdvanceTrac integrates three major components, including the anti-lock brake system, traction control, and yaw control. However, while typical systems are designed to control yaw or spinout only, Ford's AdvanceTrac with Roll Stability Control goes one important step further. The exclusive vehicle-roll-motion sensor performs its duties approximately 150 times per second. If it detects a significant roll angle, it automatically engages AdvanceTrac with Roll Stability Control to help keep all four wheels safely on the ground.

To meet federal safety regulations and Ford's even more stringent internal safety targets, the 2007 Sport Trac features the following advanced safety technologies as standard equipment:

- Advanced restraints module and dual front-crash sensors
- Five-level front-passenger sensing system
- Driver-seat position sensor
- Dual-stage front air bags
- Adaptive load-limiting safety-belt retractors
- Adaptive front-passenger-seat air-bag tether
- Adaptive air-bag venting
- Adaptive-stroking steering column

For the first time, the Sport Trac is available with Safety Canopy side air curtains that deploy in certain side-impact collisions, or if an impending rollover is detected to help protect front- and second-row outboard occupants. Sport Trac also features standard side-impact air bags for the driver and front passenger. Mounted in the outboard side of each front seat, these air bags further enhance protection for the chests of front-seat occupants in the event of a side collision.

Sport Trac will resume production in the spring of 2006 at the Louisville Assembly Plant, as a 2007 model. Production of the outgoing model ceased in June, 2005.


About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. With more than 327,000 employees and 110 plants worldwide, the company's core and affiliated automotive brands include Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury and Volvo. Its automotive-related services include Ford Motor Credit Company and Hertz.

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