All-wheel-drive was optional, with seven airbags (including one at knee-height for the driver) and stability control standard.

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Teleflex had a patent for a gas pedal that moves via electronic sensor according to a driver's height, which Ford Motor was using on some of its trucks.

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Teleflex (nyse: TFX - news - people ) had a patent for a gas pedal that moves via electronic sensor according to a driver's height, which Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people ) was using on some of its trucks.

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