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14B AUTO SHOWCASE/The Charlotte Post Thursday, January 16 1997 Venture could be vehicle for you Continued from 13B turous and daring. This does n’t reinvent the minivan, nor is it a leap forward. The Venture is better than the vehicle it replaces by leaps and bounds. Is it the best minivan on the road? That’s hard to say. I can say its a very good choice if you are looking for such a vehicle. The LS long-wheelbase equipped like my test vehicle is about $25,000, not bad if you’ve looked at minivan prices lately. 'This wiU be a hit. How big a hit will be deter mined by the bu3dng public. I think that public will be very impressed. SUVs from Lincoln add luxury Continued from 13B than rural off-road fun. 1110 big SUV differs from its Ford twin by its distinctive Continental-type chrome grill, a softer ride and an array of luxury features such as burled walnut accents and optional rear bucket seats - the latter seen previously only on mini- vans. The Navigator goes on sale in the summer, giving Lincoln- Mercury dealers their second SUV. Smart air bags will take awhile THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT - Ford Motor offi cials are making plans for so- called “smart” air bags, but they say it could be years before the safety system will adjust to different drivers and passengers. Fears about the safety of air bags, which have caused injury or death to children and small adults in low-speed acci dents, have spurred the feder al government to call for a another look at air bag policy. Proposals to make air bags safer have ranged from deacti vation or reducing their power to computer sensors that could determine if a small child was sitting in the front seat of a car. Current air bag specifica tions call for high speeds of inflation to protect drivers and passengers not wearing seat belts. While that may have been realistic when air bags were introduced in the early 1980s, almost 70 percent of passengers now wear seat belts. “To better reflect the reality of today’s world, we think we need to shift the priorities,” said Lou Camp, director of automotive safety at Ford. He and other Ford executives spoke Wednesday at the Detroit Auto Show about the automaker’s vision of air bags in the future. The easiest way to increase the safety of air bags is by depowering them, said Jim Boland, manager of vehicle safety. But, he said, that can take time. Many tests are per formed on new safety prod ucts, including several with various crash test dummies in different conditions. If the National Highway 'Transportation and Safety Administration issues revised guidelines in early February, Camp said Ford would be able to put depowered bags in 1998 model year vehicles. After that, plans to go with more high-tech solutions will take until at least the year 2000, he said. 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