2014 Subaru Forester Earns Top Safety Rating from NHTSA
23 Aug 2013, 15:33 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Having earned a Top Safety+ designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) back in May, the 2014 Subaru Forester has just received a similar rating from the National Highway Traf...
Tesla Model S Is the Safest Car Ever Built, Says NHTSA
20 Aug 2013, 14:25 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Tesla Motors has announced that their Model S sedan has been awarded with an overall five-star safety rating and a combined record of 5.4 starts in the Vehicle Safety Score by the National Highway T...
2013 Hyundai Elantra Receives Top Safety Pick+ Rating (Video)
10 Aug 2013, 09:01 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2013 Hyundai Elantra sedan earned a Top Safety Pick+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway (IIHS), becoming one of the only six small cars to receive the Institute's highest award...
2013 VW Beetle Named IIHS Top Safety Pick
8 Aug 2013, 14:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What the point of buying your daughter a Beetle to go to school in if it's a deathtrap on wheels. Thankfully, there's away around the problems of the retro bug, and it's called the 2...
2014 Mitsubishi Outlander Earns Top Safety Pick+
2 Aug 2013, 11:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander has received the Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), becoming one of only two small crossover SUVs to earn this title, with t...
2014 Chevrolet Impala Gets Five-Star Rating for NHTSA
19 Jul 2013, 17:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Worried that the biggest full production sedan in Chevrolet's arsenal is a danger on the road that it will stab you with its cool but destructive steering wheel? Worry not, because this is the ...
2013 Toyota RAV4 Small Overlap Crash Test Looks Bad
12 Jul 2013, 08:15 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / IIHS’ small overlap frontal crash test meant bad news for the 2013 Toyota RAV4, with the Japanese crossover earning a poor rating for protecting its passengers. Even though Toyota made addi...
IIHS Explains Underride Crash Tests
4 Jul 2013, 13:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Driving a car to the back of a large truck can mean very bad news for the driver and the other passengers inside the vehicle. It’s probably one of the worst crashes a driver can get himself in...
IIHS Explains Side Impact Crash Test
27 Jun 2013, 12:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released a new video from the “Inside IIHS” series in which it details the side impact crash. Introduced by the agency in 2003, t...
New 2013 Citroen C4 Picasso Gets 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
26 Jun 2013, 08:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new C4 Picasso from Citroen is built around a completely new platform. It's lighter, roomier, more compact and more modern. But all that means nothing for a family car like this if it'...
2013 Buick Encore Earns High Safety Ratings, Fails Small-Overlap Test
6 Jun 2013, 10:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The new 2013 Buick Encores has earned a five-star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and a Top Safety Pick rating from the Insurance Institute of Highway S...
IIHS Testing for Whiplash Injury Explained
4 Jun 2013, 16:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There you are, waiting at the red light in the middle of the night when a driver slums his car into yours. It's not your fault, but there's a good chance he's much better off because ...
Chevrolet Trax Gets Five Euro NCAP Stars
29 May 2013, 09:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Euro NCAP has just released releases the crash test results for four new vehicles, including ones for the Chevrolet Trax, the Bowtie's very first B-segment crossover which shares its platform w...
IIHS Explains Roof Strength Tests
28 May 2013, 14:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Rollover crashes rarely end without serious injury or loss of life, and that's because car roofs just aren't built to take strong impact plus the weight of the car. What we should have ...
IIHS Explains New Overlap Front Crash Tests
22 May 2013, 09:35 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) new small overlap front crash test has proven to be a difficult task for most automakers, with only a couple of vehicles managing score abov...
2014 Subaru Forester Earns Top Safety Pick+
17 May 2013, 12:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2014 Subaru Forester has recently received a Top Safety Pick+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), with the vehicle being included in a batch of 13 small SUVs tested by...
2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport Receives IIHS Top Safety Pick+
17 May 2013, 09:32 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mitsubishi’s 2013 Outlander Sport has recently received a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). This comes after the vehicle’s 2012 and 2013 IIHS...
2013 Honda Civic Sedan Earns Top NHTSA, IIHS Safety Ratings
10 May 2013, 13:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The new 2013 Honda Civic Sedan has received the highest possible overall safety ratings from both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway S...
New Volkswagen Golf Earns Fie-Star Safety Rating in Australia
15 Apr 2013, 13:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The seventh generation Volkswagen Golf is already a talented car. It's been well received across Europe since its launch last year and has been named both World and European Car of the Year for...
2013 Honda Accord Coupe Gets Five-Star Rating from NHTSA
24 Feb 2013, 14:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you’re looking to buy a midsize coupe, the Honda Accord was probably already on top of your list due to the safety features and stylish body it comes with. Even though Honda haven’...