NHTSA and IIHS Crash Test Scores Explained
17 Feb 2009, 19:08 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Unlike other countries, the United States is blessed with not one, but two governing bodies in the fields of car safety. Both organize crash tests
Euro NCAP Testing Procedures Explained
17 Apr 2009, 16:28 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Crash testing cars is a complicated business, and it's safe to say that most people don't know the technical difference between a car achieving 4 or 5 stars
How Crumple Zones Work
26 May 2009, 15:12 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Pioneered by Hungarian engineer Bela Barenyi, the crumple zone is probably the most important passive safety invention in the history of the automobile
Tata Nano Tops European Crash Test
15 Jul 2009, 10:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ..well, not exactly "tops" but, just as shocking, passed European crash tests for front and side impact conducted by Britain's MIRA. As a result of the crash tests scores, the Nano re...
Peugeot 308 CC Launches in Australia
13 Jul 2009, 13:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / With the launch of the Peugeot 308 CC on the Australian market, the car will become the first Peugeot convertible to have a diesel engine Down Under. The 2.0 HDi FAP diesel engine will be mated...
Audi A4, Q5 Get 5 Star EuroNCAP Rating
26 Jun 2009, 10:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Audi and its latest models, the A4 and Q5, managed to secure a five star rating after undergoing the European New Car Assessment Program (EuroNCAP) safety tests. After going ...
IIHS Fender-Bender Crash Test
11 Jun 2009, 07:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety thought to give insurers a bit more ammo to be used when you walk through the front door to make your claim. They again went after mini and micro cars, thi...
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...
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...
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 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...
2009 Volkswagen Golf Gets Five Star EuroNCAP Revised Rating
16 Mar 2009, 15:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The 2009 Volkswagen Golf (Mark 6) received the maximum score under the revised European New Car Assessment Program's (EuroNCAP) safety ratings. As a bonus, the new Golf received the highest ove...