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Ford’s New MyKey System

MyKey™, another innovation from the company that introduced SYNC®, allows parents to limit speed and audio volume to encourage teens to drive safer.

Harris Interactive Survey shows that many parents would allow teens to drive more often if their vehicle was equipped with MyKey – helping young drivers build road safety experience.

MyKey will debut as a standard feature next year on the 2010 Focus coupe and will quickly be offered on many other Ford and Lincoln models.


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Ford Flex, Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKS

2009 Lincoln MKS received Top Safety Award from the IIHSThe 2009 Ford Flex, Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKS earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) ‘Top Safety Pick’ award with their outstanding safety features, surpassing their closest rival Honda.

In addition to electronic stability control and anti-lock brakes, standard safety features on Flex, MKS, Fusion and Milan include:

  • Six Standard Air Bags and Ford’s Personal Safety System®: Safety features include six air bags (dual-stage driver and front-passenger air bags, thorax side air bags for front-seat occupants and side-impact air curtains), safety belt pretensioners, seat weight-sensing system for the front passenger seat and crash-severity sensing.
  • Ford’s BeltMinder®, a safety belt reminder technology for the driver and front passenger that takes over after the initial safety belt reminder stops chiming.
  • LATCH: The Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren system provides convenient mounting points for compatible child seats.
  • Tire Pressure Monitoring System: This system warns a driver if one or more tires are underinflated. An active pressure sensor with a radio transmitter is mounted inside each tire. A receiver in the vehicle monitors each transmitter, and if tire pressure is not within specific limits, it will activate a visual warning light.

Safety is a top purchase consideration, second only to fuel efficiency, so the top safety ratings and competitive fuel economy of Flex, MKS, and Fusion are a winning combination for consumers.

Lincoln Navigator has Class Leading Fuel Economy

The Navigator, with  systems engineering enhancements and slight architectural body changes, has increased its fuel efficiency by almost 15%.  These significant fuel economy improvements puts the 2009 Lincoln Navigator at the top of the Luxury SUV Fuel Economy, ahead of the Cadillac Escalade, Lexus LX570 and Nissan QX56.

Overall changes of lower idling speeds and transmission enhancements are combined with unique software engineered to use aggressive deceleration fuel shut-off delivering fuel savings with no extra effort from the driver. 

This complex fuel strategy is being added to many Ford and Lincoln products to help improve fuel economy and emmissions across the board.

While fuel economy is important, driving a Navigator is more about impressive luxury and many of the 2009 Lincoln Navigator features have become standard. Standard items now include:  

  • Power lift gate;
  • Heated and cooled front seats;
  • Heated second-row seats;
  • PowerFold third-row seats;
  • Front park assist sensors;
  • EasyFuel capless fuel filler;
  • Rain-sensing wipers;
  • Perimeter anti-theft alarm;
  • Integrated four-button key fob;
  • Rear View Camera;
  • Flexible fuel-capable V-8 engine;
  • Lincoln SYNC and
  • A 14-speaker THX® II-Certified audio system with SIRIUS® Satellite Radio.

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