Ford is great at inventing stuff but everyone knows it will be recalled a few years later because Ford quality sucks. Wait for General Motors to perfect it and then it’ll be a worthy feature to have.

GM. An American Revolution

Cool idea.
I hope I never have to see it work in person.

For some weird reason I slight agree with NMOFG! If this was used in a volvo it would make more sense to me, I think! I don’t see it being of any significance in an explorer with ample room from the rear seat to the front seat. Maybe just me!

You guys are way over judging this. This is the first step for this one kind of airbag. Haven’t you guys heard about the new airbags on airplanes??
I can see this forcing people to wear seatbelts in the future….wear a seat belt = you get an airbag, don’t wear seat belt = flying through the windshield and cracking your skull!
At least they are trying to invent something for the better!

GM. An American disgrace!

Seems like a neat idea. I just wonder how much more weight this will add to our ever-expanding vehicles for the required equipment onboard needed to support these.

I will never ever own or drive a Ford product.

GM4life!

AN American Revolution

It was actually Bill Ford who pushed this through and didn’t cancel this project. An interesting fact of his tenure as Ford CEO is that he didn’t want to cut any innovative projects – something he should be comended on. He still wasn’t a great CEO, but he did do somethings that were right.

Volvo will have it too Zesty – but even though Volvo is owned by Ford, Ford developed it here and they want to market it with Ford first before Volvo gets it. A smart marketing move Ford, touche on making it affordable too not like the Lexus only having it in the LFA.

Yeah well the last thing GM invented was the cheap plasticy interior of the camaro…

Altho I will totally give GM props for OnStar, its pretty cool

ANYWAYS. Ford sourced a lot of its safety tech from Volvo in the past, who knows, maybe this came from one of their brainstorming sessions 10 yrs ago.

its a step in the right direction, only way to learn will be trial and error. And it will take several years and several different car maker’s versions to perfect this safety tool, not unlike the airbags we see today (which are still being perfected)… hell, somebody came up with the first seatbelt, the first air bag, the first crumple zone, the first application of ABS… but it took years of improvements and tests and trials

Can’t wait to see what other new tech may spawn from this (from ALL auto makers)

Speaking of airplane, how about an inflatable co-pilot?

The great aspects of Ford are the following:

1) No taxpayer bailout (like Bailout Bob Lutz).
2) Nose to the grindstone with their product lineup with vehicles that people actually will buy.
3) No Need more oil for GM (Lutz’s inbred cousin).

WAY TO GO FORD!!!!!!! WE FINALLY AS AMERICANS INVENTED SOMETHING WORTH OUR MONEY!!!!!!!

@Ashes to Ashes_Dust to Dust

Your number 2 is not correct. Look at the sales numbers and GM is up more than Ford.

Anyways..

Back to the topic “Safety” and know a days when I think about safety I think about floor mats HAHAHHAHHA!!

This is awesome, lets see Government Motors try something like this.

Yeah your right! An American revolution in taking our tax dollars to fix the problems they themselves created! Hey how many bailouts does it take to save GM?

So how many more explosive devices are they going to place in the average vehicle before you need munitions training to start the car?

great idea..ford always finds ways to stay ahead in safety.
and NMOFGM you are a total idiot.

that actually a good idea could help a lot in ribcage injuries, spreading out the force over 5x the area of your body is significant.
if only they could inflate on the other side of the belt without causing more harm, could increase area and also cause the force to be spread out over a longer time.

This is so smart for Ford, especially to introduce it with the new Explorer next fall. Now, when family’s who want an SUV/CUV and compare Gov’t Motors to Ford’s Explorer, this could be a big deciding factor for Safety, especially when “mom’s” make most of the buying decisions and want as much safety in the vehicle for their kids as possible… Go Ford!

0-60: “… GM is up more than Ford” = Fleet sales at deep discounts, look at car rental lots, they are full of Impala’s, Malibus and Cobalts, plus Gov’t Motors incentives were at least $1,500 above Fords on avg. per vehicle and Ford made money and had positive cash flow…

Does selling more cars really make a company better? I think not! They sell more cars and still have yet to get out of their cash burning state! And also, the most cars you see being rented out are ironically GM and chrysler stuff!

Selling more cheeseburgers doesn’t make McDonald’s better than Fatburger.

Did anyone else see Speed Racer the movie? One day, we’re going to have bouncy bubbly gel like those guys all did.

@ greg
My comment was made because someone said that GM should make cars that people will buy.
I hope you can agree that that is just a dumb comment.
Until last year GM was number 1 in the world for 76 years in a row so someone has been buying there cars. So incentives are not people are still buying them.

OK, so fordman and nmofgm are both idiots. Let’s see what our tax dollars can do for GM once again. No creatitivity from GM or from their faithful few (both of you—or are you the same person??) Ford has shown that it is comitted to safety and technology. I really don’t want to see the demise of GM but they have to change leadership–they must get rid of all of the old regime–that means you too Bob Lutz. They need to change a culture and that takes time, more time than they may have left unfortunately.

Volvo has this feature as an option on their cars in Sweden. Ford is STUPID to dump Volvo. They will regret it!

Volvo hepled Ford with this safety feature.

Beatus, Fatburger??

Ok I’m not sure where ur at, but if u ever venture to southern california, arizona, or nevada… GO TO IN-N-OUT. Trust me, its worth the trip. Let’s just say that a burger and fries changed my life, its that good! I should have stock in that company cuz I’m there giving them money 3 times a week.

Great, now I’m hungry

@eff1Fifty
You gotta go with the double-double animal style with animal style fries and a shake.
It’s a great business and family owned since it opened in the 50’s.

double-double animal style sounds like something johnny has penned in on his calendar most weekends…he tosses those Neon keys into a bowl, puts on his furry costume (moose, of course), and heads into the fray…

i had a legit comment for this thread, too, but f*ck it, this is more fun…

Eff1Fifty, I love In-N-Out. I’m in Las Vegas. We have In-N-Outs everywhere. But I was trying to illustrate my point with a burger stand that isn’t quite so busy. The point was that even though everyone eats at McDonalds, and they sell a lot of burgers, there are much better burgers out there.

Here are some of my favorites:
In-N-Out
Fatburger
Jack in the Box
Uncle Joe’s (little hole in the wall near my work)
Hennessey
Tommy’s (without the chili)
Crownburger (Salt Lake City)
White Spot (Vancouver, BC)
Arctic Circle (nostalgia, mostly, but decent burgers)
And there are others, too.

I also make my own really good burgers, probably better than anything on the list. But homemade food is always better.

check it out…

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/10/cr_reliability.html

beatusmongous, Crown Burger SUCKS!!!!!!!!!! You must be from Utah.

I’m having the moose costume altered… The antlers were always hitting the spit guard at the salad bar.

LMAO what’d I do?? I’m sorry LLN

Beatus, so glad to hear that u are “one of us”. I do understand too what u meant with fatburger, just had to razz u a bit tho. I second that no chilli on the tommys burger!

0-60 I don’t know what it is, but I can’t get my food down with a shake… I got a buddy who does it everytime tho. I’m a double double raw onions 2 fries kinda guy, altho depending on the mood its a 3×3 raw and grilled onions (1 fry, I don’t wanna look fat)

Mercedes will also have these seatbelt airbags

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/06/mercedes/

NMOFGM didn’t GM get something recalled a few days ago on the Cobalt, something on the HHR, the transmission and rear taillights on the new Camaro, and has 1.5 million general recalls? And didn’t the tests come in stating Ford is on par with the Japanese companies and is leading the domestic market in quality? Get over yourself your company isn’t as good as your loudmouth says.

CarResearcher, I’m not “from” Utah, but I did live there for some years. I’m actually born and raised in Las Vegas, NV, with a few years living in other places here and there. I find Crown Burger to be pretty tasty, but they do take forever. That’s my complaint with them. Although it has been at least 7 years since I’ve had one, so they may have gone downhill.

Eff1Fifty, I get razzed all the time. I’m used to it.

I’m a single cheese with everything and grilled onions kind of guy. I really dig the fresh tomatoes and lettuce at In-N-Out. And I have to have my fries with a side of spread. Animal fries are good, but only when I’m in the mood. Rootbeer, no shake, unless I’m in the mood to dip my fries into my shake (sounds kinky )

Oh and I hope you’re happy that your company went bankrupt WITH a 30 billion dollar bailout while Ford didn’t receive a bailout and is doing far better.

the Lexus LF-A has a similar design called the seat belt air bag system, which I think is suited for the car cause the driver is going to want all the safety he can get in that missile.

Thot I was the only one who used spread instead of ketchup, ppl look at me funny, but its so darn good

On that note I’m gonna go eat my turkey sandwich…

Good idea, but the title wasnt worded very well.

“inflatable seatbelts”? wtf???

anyways. I love In-n-out. my favorite burger joint. But I live in Dallas Texas, so we dont have them. But the best in Dallas (fast food) is Steak n Shake, and Whataburger. mmmm tastey

All this talk about food… I want edible seatbelts. I want to be the subject of the first headline where it says ‘… the occupant chewed his way out of the wreckage”

reminds me of the time smegly jacked a vehicle and proceeded to wreck it when the cops got on his tail, but instead of chewing his way out of the wreckage, he tried sucking instead…his instincts were obviously influenced by the vehicle itself…

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/brandnewday/archives/weinermobile.jpg

Now I do think that Whataburger is pretty nasty. It’s almost as bad as the A&W that is down the street from me. Sorry, Whataburger fans, I just don’t like their burgers. And A&W fans, their burgers have gone way downhill. Their cheese curds are really good, though.

i hope your dream comes true , johnny

Fatburger is all good. That and Whataburger are the only ones of the west coast burder places to make it to Florida I believe. Oh, and wouldn’t it be funny if Ford made those inflatable seatbelts to pop out a blow up doll when you crash! Cops arrive on scene and bust you for lewd and lascivious behavior in public!

What’s good for General motors is good for America

One can only imagine what FMF will do with this.

I don’t know about the Whataburgers in Las Vegas, but the ones near my house are pretty good. There are a few duds here and there, but oh well.

hey nmoofgm-

Whats good for America is for you to stfu.

We don’t have Whataburger in Las Vegas. I had a couple while I was staying in Dallas, from two separate locations, and I didn’t like either one.