2010 Ford Fusion High-Strength Steel

The New 2010 Ford Fusion gets some of its core strength from the use of lightweight high-strength steel in the body structure. The structure of the Fusion helps it withstand intrusion in many accidents, including the most common frontal and side impacts. The tailor-welded B-pillars between the front and rear door frames are stronger at the top of the vehicle – from below the belt line upward – than at the bottom. Below is some information where the reinforced steel is located. I will add some more pictures as soon as I get them.

Fusion’s front and side-protection elements include:

• The first use on a Ford vehicle of dual-phase, high-strength steel rails on the front end

• Side-intrusion beams inside the door, anchored at the hinge and latch areas

• Tailor-welded steel in the B-pillar structure with extra thickness – nearly a quarter inch of solid steel – above the belt line