BMW Emergency Stop Assistant in the Works
4 Jun 2009, 06:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / All of you interested in the automotive field know by now that today's vehicles make use of all types of road safety technologies that stretch far beyond collision prevention. The new trend of ...
Suzuki Promises Alto Will Be Among the Safest in Its Class
1 Jun 2009, 13:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Surely, the title could make some of you smile following last week's news that Alto received a disappointing 3-star rating in the latest Euro NCAP crash tests. But the Japanese automaker is ver...
New Small Cars Euro NCAP Scores
27 May 2009, 09:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European New Car Assessment Program has just released its ratings for six new cars, five of which from the small car segment. The vehicles tested are Audi Q5, Honda Jazz, Hyundai i20, Kia Soul, ...
Suzuki Alto Upgraded Following Poor Euro NCAP Rating
27 May 2009, 09:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following a three-star rating gained in the latest Euro NCAP tests, Suzuki decided to upgrade the Alto mini car with ESP as optional on one of the three lower trims. The disappointing result was mai...
2010 Ford Mustang Gets Top IIHS Safety Rating
19 May 2009, 08:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The 2010 Ford Mustang has just received the top 5-star safety rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), which means the car was also awarded the maximum rating for driver and pa...
Ford Improves Safety with Powerful Water Cannon... and More
13 May 2009, 10:02 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Ford says that the new types of testing will improve the safety technologies present on their models, but we get the feeling that it's got more to do with saving some bucks. After all, crashing...
2009 Holden Cruze Gets Five-Star ANCAP Rating
12 May 2009, 08:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Safety is surely one of the main features a new car buyer is looking at so, in order to boost sales as much as possible, automakers around the world struggle to enhance this particular aspect. And H...
2010 Lincoln MKZ Gets IIHS Top Safety Pick
7 May 2009, 07:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford proudly announced today that the 2010 Lincoln MKZ luxury midsize sedan received a Top Safety Pick rating from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), an award that underlines once again,...
Mercedes R Klasse, Lincoln MKZ Get IIHS Top Safety Pick Award
5 May 2009, 09:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The newest additions to the Insurance Institute's for Highway Safety (IIHS) Top Safety picks are the Mercedes R Klasse and the Lincoln MKZ. Following tests which included front, side and rear t...
Subaru Forester and Exiga Get Top Safety Rating in "JNCAP"
23 Apr 2009, 09:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Subaru Forester and Exiga received the top rating in the latest JNCAP (Japan New Car Assessment Program) safety tests for fiscal year 2008, Fuji Heavy Industries, owner of the Japanese car giant, pr...
Toyota Showcases Driving Safety Systems
17 Apr 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota Motor Corporation is continuing its driving safety systems display started in late 2008 in the Aichi Prefecture with another demonstration to be held in between April 21st and 23rd. The syste...
2009 BMW 7 Series Crash Test Video
16 Apr 2009, 07:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we announced almost a week ago, German manufacturer BMW has released, in a swift and somewhat surprising move, the 2010 BMW 7 Series, with the two new 760i and 760Li set to move at the top of BMW...
IIHS Crash Test Videos: Small Vs. Midsized
15 Apr 2009, 08:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The IIHS small cars crash tests released yesterday, as we already told you, proved once again that when it comes to crashes involving small and medium cars, size does matter. The tests showed, as wa...
IIHS Front-to-Front Crash Test, Small Vs Midsized
14 Apr 2009, 07:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told you earlier today, IIHS set out to prove once and for all that in case of a collision between two different sized cars, the bigger one usually wins the fight. IIHS put to the test several...
Size Does Matter, IIHS Crash Tests Prove It
14 Apr 2009, 07:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As most of us know by now, instinctively, the size of the car does matter in a crash. Now, IIHS brings proof that this is indeed so, as they conducted frontal crash tests using a microcar or a minic...
VW Tiguan Gets Top IIHS Roof Safety Pick
3 Apr 2009, 07:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen Tiguan has just the top safety rating following the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) new roof strength safety test. Volkswagen's small SUV received the "good" ...
2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Gets IIHS Top Safety Pick
27 Mar 2009, 10:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The 2010 Ford Fusion is surely one of the most promoted model in the entire Ford production line, despite the fact that it hasn't reached the market yet. Every once in a while, the American com...
IIHS Debuts New Roof Strength Rating System
26 Mar 2009, 08:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) launched a new roof strength rating system that will evaluate the way vehicles protect their occupants in rollover crashes. According to the new rat...
New Subaru Forester Gets "Good" Rating in IIHS Roof Strength Test
26 Mar 2009, 07:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The all-new Subaru Forester received the top rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) new roof strength rating system, together with Volkswagen Tiguan, Honda Element and J...
2009 Honda Civic Gains Top Euro NCAP Safety Rating
23 Mar 2009, 09:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The 2009 Honda Civic has received the top Euro NCAP overall safety rating following the new rating scheme introduced by the organization in February 2009. The 5-door Honda Civic tested by Euro NCAP ...