Ford spins pop-out anti-prang door shield
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Time was when many car doors were fitted with a rubber doohickey to stop drivers and passengers opening them too rapidly and scratching the paint or denting the car they were parked next to.
The notion fell out of favour in the 1990s, but now Ford has revived it in a slightly more hi-tech form.
Prosaically dubbed the Door Edge Protector, the system features a flip-out rubber strip that pops out automatically only when the door is opened.
Careful, kids
The rest of the time, it's concealed behind the outer edge of the door panel so it doesn't spoil the clean lines of your door.
Out it comes...
Close the door, and the DEP slips back in in under 60 milliseconds - handy for you door-slammers out there. A clutch mechanism prevents damage if the flap is obstructed when the door's being closed, said Ford.
...and in it goes
The DEP will debut on the updated Ford Focus the company will be releasing early next year. The car, in other respects the Focus released this year, will also feature Ford Sync, the firm's new in-car voice-activated control system. ®
COMMENTS
World’s most altruistic vehicle feature?
In the future I shall only park next to new Fords.
First rule of car park parking
First rule of car park parking; Always park next to cars that are more expensive and better cared for than your own. That way you have a chance that the occupiers of it will avoid damaging their car on yours.
Yep
As others have already said, I need something that would stop other playing bumper cars with my parked car down the local Sainsbury's. Do they sit there and think "I wonder what that loud scraping noise is? I'm sure it's nothing, ah well, I'll carry on reversing".
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