Ford’s response to the news was swift and encouraging; it will offer such a device later in the year (a relatively simple move, as it is already available on this model in the US), but the warning shot to others will be ringing out loud and clear – not that anybody should be surprised.
Thatcham Research, which is owed by the British motor insurers and serves as a key member of the Euro NCAP new car assessment programme, pulls no punches when it comes to stating the significance of such active technology. In fact, Matthew Avery, its research director, is clear that the majority of developments in future test procedures will centre not on the crash itself, but avoiding it in the first place.
To explain exactly why, he references the kind of autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system that the Mustang currently lacks. This type of technology was first seen a decade ago, when Mercedes and Volvo began plugging a radar, a forward-facing camera or a laser into a car’s electronic stability system, allowing it to constantly monitor the road and warn the driver if a frontal collision was imminent.
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