Ford Polar

Many people buy large 4×4 vehicles to feel safe and to tackle the hard winter driving coditions. This is making the ones driving smaller cars more exposed in case of accidents. Also the higher fuel consumption of large 4×4’s harms the environment. Weather conditions around the world change and become increasingly extreme and unpredictable.

Some of the problems that emerged under observation:

• Low ground clearance to overcome hinders
• Packed ice in wheel arches
• Bad vision due to amount of snow in ditches and harsh light
• Unable to get grip, especially around 0 °C
• Floating on wet snow
• Sprays pedestrians wet