Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports its highest rating, Good, for the FX in a frontal crash test, but it hasn't tested it for side impact or roof strength. The FX hasn't been tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In addition to frontal and front-seat-mounted side-impact airbags, the FX has curtain airbags to protect front and rear occupants in a side impact. The front seats have active head restraints. As is required of all new vehicles beginning with the 2012 model year, the FX has standard antilock brakes and an electronic stability system with traction control. See all the standard safety features here.
Active-safety options include precrash seat belts, forward collision warning, lane departure warning and prevention, and adaptive headlights.
See also:
Event Data Recorders (EDR)
This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data Recorder (EDR). The main purpose of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as an air bag deployment or hitting a road obs ...
Power & Handling
My test car was the base FX model, the FX35, which means it has a
303-horsepower, 3.5-liter V-6. The FX50 has a V-8 engine that's, you guessed it,
5.0 liters, producing 390 hp. Costing nearly $14, ...
Interior
The M35x was beautiful on the inside, too. You can get it with textured
aluminum or African rosewood trim. My test car had the rosewood; it was
rich-looking and welcoming.
The front seats were f ...