I Found Some High Altitude Testers Last Night

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222) 10/20/2014 at 15:34 • Filed to: Test Mules

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So last night I went on a little drive with my dad to The Embassy Suites Hotel near the old Stapleton Airport. According to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , there are alot of test mules that hang out there. Once I got there, I saw quite a few test mules.

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I saw 3 2015 Ford Edges:

Can anybody say Giant Fusion Wagon?

Ok Who gave that antenna Viagra? Seriously, why such a large antenna?

Whats this doohickey in the passenger seat?

Im kind digging the black trim on silver paint, and yes the tire was still flat.

fhrblig was right, its badged weird. And what's up with the Plastidip?

Antenna on the wheel, thats a new one. I can't say I have ever seen that before.

The dip on the hood is already wearing, I hope that quality wont translate to the production vehicle, lol.

Duct tape can truly fix anything.

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I saw a new S-Max. This kinda looked like a FiST that needs to exercise more. Its kinda meh.

This Taurus confused me. Maybe Ford is doing engine testing for the 2016 Taurus in a 2014 Taurus Shell?

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Chrysler was also out testing apparently. I don't know why though, all the cars they had out are already in production. They had 2 white 200s (one was a 200C, the other wasn't), and one Cherokee. It was kind weird seeing them truthfully. Maybe SRT testing?

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ShelbyRacer78-Fusion Modifier > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/20/2014 at 15:38

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must be a support car, looks like its limited 3.5 N/A though....

HammerheadFistpunch > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/20/2014 at 15:52

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What kind of altitude testing can you do while high? I mean I guess Colorado is the right place for it but I don't understand how its different than sober altitude testing.

doodon2whls > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/20/2014 at 16:43

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That's a laptop mount for engine controller calibration purposes.

doodon2whls > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/20/2014 at 16:45

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These are wheel speed transducers so that the instrumentation can get a high fidelity read on wheel speed. Powertrain calibration engineers don't like to trust the Chassis Engineers' ABS sensor speed calculations...

doodon2whls > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/20/2014 at 16:48

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It's unlikely that FCA was doing much altitude calibration work on the 200C at this point. Most likely, the Ford buys had competitive vehicles along for benchmark purposes.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > doodon2whls 10/20/2014 at 17:06

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Maybe, but how is the 200 competitive to the taurus? its smaller

doodon2whls > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/20/2014 at 17:16

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This test group is more interested in powertrain calibration, emissions, performance, etc. than the vehicle interior, space, etc. It could also be just a convenient tag-a-long vehicle for the test team to get data on while they have already mobilized engr's and equipment out west.

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/27/2014 at 13:38

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I saw an F-type Coupe R on manufacturer plates a while back, need to dig up the photos.