Pothole testing
Ford’s Lommel Proving Ground in Belgium features miles of special test track with all manner of potholes and damaged surfaces to mirror the worst public roads. Ford engineers use an array of methods to determine the suspension requirements of vehicles and ensure they are met and, as always with Ford products, the demands of the customer are the main focus. facebook.com twitter.com
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Just please come to Taiwan…(yes I’m serious)
Welcome to Taiwan to test Pothole testing!! Taiwan has WRC road in everywhere….
Looks like New Jersey Roads…a week after they are fixed
Wow. Those testing grounds look exactly like Quebec roads.
@therrydicule I was being facetious – I know the test track gives them better controls. But if their cars can survive Quebec roads ( or those in Romania or Lynwood California) they can survive anything.
In Canada we use smart cars to fill in the pot holes.
@frankzen1941 Dude, it won’t do a better test. What they need is scientific control and more time to develop their cars, which is not breaking the suspension of a prototype on public road
It is hard a bit to have a great control over a set of condition on the 108 with the moronic traffic and farmers and all… On a little track like that, there is a higher control over some condition and you could literally pass 1000 times in a day on the exact same pot hole.
Romanian roads are much worse than their testing track ! Don’t belive me ? Come and see !
Looks like the roads in Lynwood California.
Just come to Quebec and drive a couple of hundred miles of our roads….that will test your cars even better than your test tracks. And keep the speed up to 60-70 mph, not the 20-30 kph your cars seems to be driving.
all I can say is I have never changed the shocks on my 2000 Ford Focus, they are surely tired at 170000 kms, and not a single rattle evident in the car.
I will buy another Ford because of this maybe not a Focus this time too large, but a Fiesta is on the cards.