Judging solely by the name, a flotation device would be a good guess. But no, inflatable seatbelts are not meant to be used as flotation devices. Rather they are designed to offer back seat passengers additional protection during a car crash.
Past studies have shown that backseat passengers are significantly less
likely to buckle up than are front seat drivers and passengers. "We
wanted to bring the front-seat protection to the rear seat," said Saeed?
"Torque vectoring" has become an industry buzzword, and Ford has shown no bounds in marketing its new technology. Ford announced their 2012 Focus recently, which will be equipped with 'torque-vectoring technology' to improve control and lateral stability when cornering.
"For the driving enthusiast, it provides more aggressive, confident handling," admits Jim Hughes, chief engineer for Ford Focus, in a telephone interview.
The system "gathers data from vehicle sensors to apply nominal braking force to the…
