Nissan Juke Receives 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
23 Feb 2011, 10:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A total of seven car crash test ratings have been revealed by Euro NCAP this week, with Nissan’s Juke crossover achieving the coveted 5-star overall rating, proving that it can provide adequat...
First EV Tested by Euro NCAP Gets 4 Stars
23 Feb 2011, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European motoring safety watchdog released today a new batch of test results for the vehicles it crashed and trashed in the last few weeks. In all, the results for seven models were released, in...
Euro NCAP Best 5 Cars of 2010
27 Jan 2011, 13:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having performed in 2010 quite an extensive series of crash tests, the leading European safety organization, Euro NCAP, has had a difficult time in selecting the best of the best models tested last ...
2011 Honda Odyssey Receives IIHS Top Safety Rating
26 Jan 2011, 09:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) has just announced that model year 2011 Honda Odyssey managed to score the maximum rating in the latest crash tests conducted by the institute. The v...
Meet Carl, Chrysler's Animated Crash Test Dummy
26 Jan 2011, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Carl is a crash test dummy. One who, obviously, survived all those crashes. But no, not only did he survive the crashes, but he also felt the breath of God Chrysler and came to life. He came to life...
IIHS Names Steven George Chairman of the Board
25 Jan 2011, 11:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), one of the most important car safety organizations on the US, announced today the appointment of Steven George, currently executive vice president ...
IIHS Takes On the NHTSA
24 Jan 2011, 12:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is bored. Few tests are being conducted right now, because most cars have either proven their worth, or failed already. At the same time, 2011 is to be a poor...
T.27 City Car Is Perfectly Safe, Crash Tests Revealed
19 Jan 2011, 08:34 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The first crash test of a vehicle built with Gordon Murray Design’s iStream manufacturing technology was carried out at MIRA (Motor Industry Research Association) on a T.27 Electric City Car. ...
Mitsubishi i-MiEV Crash-Tested by ADAC
18 Jan 2011, 09:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / At the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo presented what it called the first crash-tested electric vehicle in the world, an electric C30 that resisted pretty well to the f...
Ener1 Batteries Survive Volvo C30 Electric Crash Test
12 Jan 2011, 11:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you have been watching our coverage of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), then you already know that Swedish manufacturer Volvo planned and, by all accounts, succeeded in impress...
Mercedes 2011 F1 Car Passes FIA Crash Tests
3 Jan 2011, 15:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mercedes GP did not take long to submit their 2011 challenger to the first round of FIA crash tests and, according to reports, the car passed them quite easy. Which means that Ross Brawn and his tea...
Ferrari 2011 Chassis Passes FIA Crash Tests
30 Dec 2010, 07:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Scuderia Ferrari can now continue the development of their 2011 racer, as it was reported that the next year's chassis has recently passed a sequence of crucial crash tests. The news was report...
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Earns Good IIHS Rating
15 Dec 2010, 07:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After the car managed to score only an acceptable rating for rollover protection and a good rating for protection against whiplash injury in rear-impact crashes, the Insurance Institute for Highway ...
2012 Ford Focus Crashed, and Crashed, and...
13 Dec 2010, 22:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The new Ford Focus is getting ready to make its big entrance into the world, bringing a model of extreme importance for Ford's future strategy onto a market which was not all that excited by th...
Mismatched Bumpers on Cars and SUVs Result in Costly Repairs
2 Dec 2010, 13:23 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducted crash tests to demonstrate that the mismatch of bumpers on cars and SUVs can lead to higher repair costs, despite the bumpers being a car&...
Jaguar XF, Only 4 Stars at Euro NCAP Tests
25 Nov 2010, 13:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British luxury carmaker Jaguar finds itself in a bit of a jam, following the new series of crash tests performed by Euro NCAP. The organization tested 14 cars this past week, 10 of which received a ...
MINI Countryman Gets 5 Star Euro NCAP Rating
25 Nov 2010, 11:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Part of the new batch of models tested this week by the Euro NCAP, the MINI Countryman managed to get a five star rating following the crash tests, proving that it can provide adequate protection to...
Ford C-Max Get 5 Stars Euro NCAP Rating
24 Nov 2010, 15:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Celebration at Ford Europe today, after two on the carmaker's new models, the C-Max and Grand C-Max received their stars, five of them, from the Euro NCAP. The cars were tested in a new batch o...
New NHTSA Test Results Released
12 Nov 2010, 08:58 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / With vehicle safety features improving on a yearly basis, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has updated its testing procedures, making it more difficult for vehicles to achieve five...
Geely CK1, ZERO Stars from Latin NCAP
21 Oct 2010, 13:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Earlier this week, we all learned of the establishment of Latin NCAP, an organization which, just as its European, American or Australian counterparts, will be in charge with assessing and rating th...