Honda Expands Takata Airbag Recall Campaign
8 Dec 2014, 18:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Safety recalls have been a big problem for automakers this year, especially in the United States. General Motors may be in the limelight for its 80-strong recall tally this year, but Japanese brands...
BMW’s Replacement Takata Airbag Inflators Will Be Made in Germany
20 Nov 2014, 16:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The Takata airbag saga just doesn’t seem to be coming to an end. Just yesterday we were telling you that BMW is currently looking into the possibility of replacing the driver side airbags on i...
BMW Pondering About Replacing Driver-Side Takata Air Bags as Well
19 Nov 2014, 17:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It seems like the Takata air bag recall saga is nowhere near an end. Over the course of 2014, the NHTSA has been busy investigating the inflators the company used for over $16 million cars worldwide...
Takata Airbag Issue May Affect Cars Made Between 2008 and 2014
3 Nov 2014, 12:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After the most recent update on the Takata airbag saga, the supplier told US safety officials that automobiles manufactured between 2008 to 2014 may also be affected by a new glitch. This time aroun...
Takata Airbag Incident Fatally Injures a Woman
22 Oct 2014, 11:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When the Takata airbag saga started in April 2013, many safety experts and automotive publications expected things to turn from worse to worst. Just like the killer GM ignition switches, a recent re...
Takata Airbag Recall: 4.7 Million Cars Covered in the Latest Campaign
21 Oct 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember Toyota's recent supplemental safety recall of approximately 247,000 cars equipped with defective Takata Corporation airbags? As it happens, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administ...
Toyota Recall - 247,000 Vehicles Affected by Faulty Takata Airbag Inflators
20 Oct 2014, 17:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in from Toyota: the American division of the Japanese manufacturer is calling back a hefty 247,000 cars to have their airbags replaced with safer units. Toyota says that the affected vehic...
Lotus to Drop the Evora in the United States
22 Sep 2014, 14:21 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember how Lotus told amid its F1 team sale earlier this year that car operations are going nice and smooth, with huge demand worldwide? Well, the British company might've been bluffing if yo...
2015 Ducati Multistrada D|air versus Audi A3 Crash Test
11 Sep 2014, 13:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sometimes, cool machines such as the 2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring D|air or an Audi A3 must be sacrificed for the greater good. In this case, it’s for the good of riders. That is, thi...
Defective Airbag Recall Expands to BMW i3 and 2014 MINI Cooper Models
3 Sep 2014, 11:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Just a couple of minutes ago, the National Highway Traffic Safety Association sent an e-mail, notifying owners of the new BMW i3 and 2014 MINI Cooper that a recall is going to take place to replace ...
Fiat Recalls 500L Over Knee Airbags Deployment Issues
31 Jul 2014, 08:35 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Everybody loves the Fiat 500 city car, but its L, L Trekking and L Living mini MPV derivates haven't really cut the mustard since they were introduced. We're not necessarily referring to t...
Malfunctioning E46 3 Series Airbags Reported in the Past, Unlike what BMW Says
17 Jul 2014, 07:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Yesterday, a most interesting press release from BMW came out, saying that the German company will be recalling nearly all E46 3 Series models ever made, for a ‘possible’ issue with the ...
34,600 Mazdas Affected by Takata Airbag Recall, Here Is the List
25 Jun 2014, 12:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While Oxford Dictionaries declared “selfie” the word of the year for 2013, “recall” or “lemon” definitely have good chances of receiving the 2014 title, at least ...
BMW Investigating Possible Defective Takata Airbags on BMW E46 3 Series
24 Jun 2014, 08:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It seems like after a couple of Japanese car manufacturers have recalled millions of their vehicles for problematic airbags, BMW is now looking into its own cars to see if their customers could be a...
2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring D|air Mega-Gallery
16 Apr 2014, 10:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Less than a month ago we reported about the new Ducati D|air system integration with their Multistrada 1200 S Touring machine, and now it’s time to show you an extensive gallery of high-res ph...
Ducati Multistrada D-Air, the World's First Wireless-Integrated Airbag Jacket
27 Mar 2014, 12:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / That fact that Dainese was making the best-performing motorcycle rider airbag is no news, and the first specific tests have confirmed the leading position, too. Still, it’s now time for Ducati...
Dainese Confirms the Rumors of Possible Funds Investing in the Company
10 Mar 2014, 16:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / “It's not news that there are funds interested in investing in our company. We actually look for a partner, but want it to be and who shares our industrial development plan,”Dainese...
Biker Airbags Receive the First Official Comparison Test in France
4 Feb 2014, 15:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Airbag systems for motorcycle riders aren't exactly a new thing, but it's only during the past years their presence and development become truly noticeable. Now it's time to take a ne...
Hit-Air Shows New Airbag Motorcycle Jacket
25 Jan 2014, 10:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One of the first independent manufacturers of rider-worn airbag systems, Japan-based Hit-Air show their latest motorcycle jacket, the EU5. The Hit-Air EU5 jacket brings all the functionality and ...
Stefan Bradl Advertises the Dainese D-Air Airbag
22 Jan 2014, 16:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / MotoGP LCR Honda star Stefan Bradl has been working closely wth Dainese over the past years helping them develop the D-Air rider airbag. Created as an additional safety system to add even more pr...