With the debut of the 2010 Ford Taurus, a raft of modern technology is accessible in a mainstream car which sells for a price most of the new car buyers can pay.
At present, Taurus is first in the predominant vehicle league with some of these features and is especially first to provide so many of them. It has a power seat feature which employs the adjustable lumbar support to favor a massage to the driver and front-seat passenger, decreasing aches and fatigue at the time of long drives.
The Taurus consists of enough radar sensors with forward-looking radar positioned on the front and a pair of side-looking units at the rear to apparently provide near-360-degree sensor coverage. The forward radar offers vision to the adaptive cruise control system, that allows the Taurus cruise at a pre-set highway speed, until it confronts slower-moving traffic. Then it immediately slows to equal the speed of the vehicle to 600 feet ahead without making the driver to interfere or deactivate the automatic speed control. When the vehicle is slowed down or if the Taurus driver enters into an open lane, the car automatically proceeds at its pre-set speed.
The Taurus’ collision warning system utilizes the same radar to protects car from potential collisions with objects before, generating a warning to the driver via an audible alert and heads-up display on the windshield. Moreover, when an object ahead is identified, the system pre-charges the brake assist system to maximum braking power.
Brake assist will not apply the brakes automatically, but when the driver just touches the brake pedal, it can apply full stopping force, making the Taurus to the stage of anti-lock braking system activation for the quick possible stop. A forward-looking optical sensor checks for approaching headlights at night and automatically dims the high-beam headlights without any interference from the driver.