NHTSA Revised 5-Star Rating System Delayed to 2011
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, announced that its new 5-star safety standards will be postponed for one more year, in order to allow carmakers adjust their models and ...
Safer Driving Ensured by Key2SafeDrive Technology
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Vali Mihaescu / New research has lead to the design of a gadget that stops drivers from using their mobile phones while behind the wheel of a car. Key2SafeDriving was created by the U.S. University researcher Xueso...
Pick-ups Raise Safety Concerns
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Andrei Ursu / Euro NCAP Euro NCAP have started to test Pickups for the first time, adding a new category to their strict crash test target , as these vehicles are now being used not only for commercial purposes b...
BMWs to Tell Rescuers How Severe an Accident Was
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW plans to announce one of the most advanced safety technologies in the world that analyzes the severity of an impact and transfers information to rescuers. This way, emergency teams would know wh...
Volvo Boast About Their Seat Belts While Sales Drop
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Since profit is the main concern of any business entrepreneur in this world, the moment when sales drop heavily is an alarming point. We told you a few weeks ago Volvo's 2008 sales are the l...
Euro NCAP Officials Loving the Land Rover 2
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Robert Matei / Two new small off-roaders have just been evaluated by the European car safety authority, Euro NCAP, and the results are more than pleasing, if we are to believe the institution's officials. So...
New Data Shows Record, Low Highway Fatalities
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Vali Mihaescu / The latest statistics show that in the first ten months of 2008 there has been a significant decline of about 10 percent in traffic fatalities, as compared to the same number of fatalities from the ...
Best-selling Motors Are the Safest Cars?
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / According to experts, best-selling cars are not always the safest. Euro NCAP has released today the results of Europe's best selling cars and unfortunately, only eight out of twelve vehicles re...
EuroNCAP Develops Whiplashing Test
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / The famous EuroNCAP committee have researched a new way to test car safety by introducing a seat whiplashing testing procedure, which will become standard starting from 2009.After the first session ...
No Allergies in Volvos
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Volvo is one of leading manufacturer when it comes to car safety and they've recently announced that all their cars are certified according to Oeko-Tex standard. This means that none of the tex...
Nissan Tests Slip-Hazard Alert And Road-Cam Service
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nissan announced that testings of two new safety technologies will start in November, 2008, but it was not yet confirmed if these two services could reach mass-production car models. Both the slip-h...
The Golf VI gets Five EuroNCAP Stars Before the EuroNCAP Testing
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Preceding the actual EuroNCAP test, the German Automobile Association (ADAC) has performed a similar crash-test on the new Volkswagen Golf VI (or “V and a half” as some people put it). F...
Renault Megane Scores EuroNCAP 5 Star Rating
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / Renault is struggling to be one of the safest manufacturers in the world and its efforts are paying off as the new Megane scored a 5 star EuroNCAP rating, with 37 points out 37. This is the 11th ...
Ford F-150 Earns Top Safety Pick Rating
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / The latest Ford F-150 is the latest model to earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s “Top Safety Pick” award and is considered to be the most advanced and fuel efficient...
Ford's MyKey to Put a Leash on Driving Teenagers
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / While rules are meant to be broken, American car giant Ford believes that enforcing restrictions on the teenage drivers is the required measure to increase safety and reduce the number of reckless a...
New Volvo Safety System Promises Less Pedestrian Collisions
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Vali Mihaescu / Volvo cars will be implemented with a new technology that they say will prevent you from crashing. The system is going to provide Collision Warning as well as Full Auto Brake and pedestrian detectio...
Ford Under Gov's Investigation Due to Faulty Tire Valves
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / More than 1 million Ford vehicles were equipped with faulty tire valves made by a Chinese company, msnbc reported today. The government is already investigating the case after 37 complaints were sen...
Nissan to Demonstrate Advanced Accident Avoidance
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Efforts to reduce the number of car accidents or at least, to minimize their consequences, have always been pursued by the majority of car manufacturers around the world. Similar to a few other comp...
ANCAP Gives the Commodore Omega Sedan 5 Out of 5
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Vali Mihaescu / The car from down under, the supreme ruler of the Australian outback roads, Holden was awarded by ANCAP with a 5-star safety rating for the upgraded model, the VE Commodore Omega sedan. The upgr...
ESP Mandatory in the US
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Andrei Ursu / The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) announced last week the final decision to require the electronic stability control as standard on all light duty vehicles sold in US....