Audi Procon-Ten: The No-Airbag Safety System
18 Sep 2015, 13:24 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Why put a (rather painful) air-inflated cushion between the driver and the steering wheel, when you can simply make the wheel go away
Honda Will Recall 143,000 Cars in Japan to Replace Airbags, No Takata Parts
8 Apr 2016, 14:12 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Honda will start a recall targeting 143,000 vehicles sold in Japan to replace their airbag inflators. The parts were made by Daicel, not Takata
Takata Airbag Death Toll Rises to 10
7 Apr 2016, 14:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / More than two years after Takata announced that its airbags were at fault for sending shrapnel into the occupants' faces, the danger is still present
Takata Shares Drop 20% on News of the Huge Cost of Possible Total Recall
30 Mar 2016, 16:29 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Takata appears to have dug a very deep hole for itself that it's still trying to dig itself out of. News of colossal additional potential costs don't help
Honda Admits It Knew About the Takata Airbag Fiasco Since 2009
26 Mar 2016, 11:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This may come as a surprise from the automaker that gave us VTEC and fuel cell vehicles, but Honda knew about the faulty Takata airbags since as early as 2009
Testing Rider Airbags with a Metal Baseball Bat and Walking Away
23 Mar 2016, 08:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Using an aluminum baseball bat to test the protection offered by the Helite rider airbag sounds extreme, but it proves that the vest does a good job
Alpinestars Tech-Air Race Rider Airbag Available in the US This Summer
8 Mar 2016, 09:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Alpinestars' Tech-Air Race airbag vests will arrive on the US market this summer; they include a back protector and can be used with compatible jackets
Alpinestars Releases Airbag Data for Loris Baz' 290 KM/h Crash
8 Feb 2016, 16:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Alpinestars reveals the crash data for the accident Loris Baz was involved in at Sepang last week when he came off the bike at 290 km/h
Motoair Airbag One Can Reduce Rib, Collarbone and Back Injuries
25 Dec 2015, 12:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Airbag One is a new independent airbag design that can be used by anyone even while practicing winter sports or riding horses
Takata Engineers Altered Airbag Testing Data for 10 Years, Whistleblowers Were Ignored
25 Nov 2015, 18:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Believe it or not, Japanese engineers altered testing data of Takata airbags from 2000 to 2010. More surprisingly, the whistleblowers were completely ignored
Mercedes-Benz USA Recalling Several 2008-2010 Models for Possible Faulty Airbags
5 Nov 2015, 10:04 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / As bad as the whole emissions scandal is, finding out your car's airbag might malfunction is ten times worse for the actual owner
NHTSA Fines Takata $70 Million, Accepts Payment over the Next Five Years
5 Nov 2015, 09:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The Takata airbag inflator scandal won't come to an end earlier than 2019, when all cars are expected to have proper, safe inflators on board
2014-2016 BMW i3 and MINI Hardtop Models Recalled for Passenger Airbag Malfunction
21 Oct 2015, 11:10 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / 6,073 BMW and MINI cars built between 2014 and the present day will be recalled in November for faulty passenger airbags
Fake Takata Airbag Makes this Honda Owner's Recall Story Worse
6 Sep 2015, 13:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As if dealing with Takata airbags that have faulty airbags wasn't enough, fake Takata products are also an important issue
Ducati Launches Sumisura Custom Riding Gear Program
31 Jul 2015, 12:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ducatisumisura is the newest offer from Borgo Panigale, a website dedicated to personalizing and custom-fitting leather riding suits
Recall Alert: 2008 - 2010 Dodge Challenger Affected by the Takata Airbag Fiasco
13 Jul 2015, 15:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 2008 to 2010 model year Dodge Challenger in all its guises is recalled over faulty Takata airbags. All 88,346 units made
Recall Expansion: 4.5 Million Honda Cars Called Back Over Takata Airbags
9 Jul 2015, 15:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / From the 33.8-plus million vehicles equipped with sub-standard Takata airbag inflators, 24.5 million cars are made by the Honda Motor Co.
Takata CEO Shigehisa Takada Issues Public Apology For Recall Fiasco
27 Jun 2015, 11:35 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Takata Corp.'s numero uno manned up and issued a public apology to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Ducati Multistrada 1200S D|Air Receives the “Professor Ferdinand Porsche” Prize
22 Jun 2015, 09:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ducati is awarded the “Professor Ferdinand Porsche” prize for technological innovation in road safety for the Multistrada 1200S D|Air
Honda Expands Takata Airbag-related Recall
16 Jun 2015, 15:32 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / American Honda Motor Company announced today that it's adding 1.39 million airbag inflators to its Takata airbag-related recall campaigns