Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Receives 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
23 Oct 2013, 16:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The new Suzuki SX4 S-Cross has been awarded with a 5-star overall safety rating by Euro NCAP, after performing well in the institute’s crash tests for adult protection, child safety pedestrian...
Toyota Racedriver Alex Wurz Talks About Road Safety
23 Oct 2013, 15:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The vehicle number in Europe has tripled over the last 30 years, but thanks to technology, roads are far safer now. However, the safety part of the automotive industry is still under development ...
This Is How You Avoid a Crash in a Porsche
23 Oct 2013, 08:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ladies and gentlemen drivers, we’re here today to show you how to manhandle a Porsche. To demonstrate this, we shall use the adjacent video, which shows a 911 driver avoiding an incredibly clo...
Toyota and Discovery Education Gathering Teen Filmmakers
22 Oct 2013, 14:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Do you know a teen aspiring to a filmmaking career or one that is very creative and makes nice video montages? Then steer him/her to the 2014 Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge. The challenge inv...
Toyota Corolla To Get Safety Update in the Future
21 Oct 2013, 14:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We’ve seen recently what happens with a 2014 Toyota Corolla in IIHS’ small overlap crash test and word is that the Japanese automaker has already started to work on a solution. Automo...
Toyota Avalon’s Safety Inspired by Birds
14 Oct 2013, 11:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As with a flock of birds, harmoniously traveling cross-country and protecting each other, Toyota’s safety strength comes in number. Like any other Toyota vehicle, the Avalon comes standard ...
Toyota Not Guilty in Unintended Acceleration Trial
11 Oct 2013, 14:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The four-and-a-half-day trial just ended, making Toyota not guilty for one of the crash fatalities from 2009 implicating a Camry. Toyota won today an unintended acceleration case in Superior Cour...
Watch How Toyota’s New Automatic Driving System Works
11 Oct 2013, 12:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We were telling you earlier about Toyota’s upcoming Automated Driving Technologies, aimed to improve road safety and also avoid traffic jams. Now you can see how these systems work in this ...
Toyota Launching New Automated Driving System this Decade
11 Oct 2013, 09:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota has been researching automated driving technologies since the second half of the 1990s and has conducted numerous road tests in the last years both in the US and Japan. In order to make hi...
S 400 Hybrid (W221) Plummets 400 Feet Down a Slope And Saves His Driver
9 Oct 2013, 14:27 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The W222 generation of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is heralded by the Germans as the safest road car they have ever built, but this is pretty much what they say about every new generation of the &ldqu...
2014 Mercedes M-Class Earns Top Safety Pick+ Award
9 Oct 2013, 12:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Mercedes-Benz M-Class has become the very first Mercedes to earn the Top Safety Pick+ award for good crash test performance, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced toda...
2013-2014 Chevrolet Sonic Recalled Over Fire Risk
8 Oct 2013, 13:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors is recalling more than 1,600 Chevrolet Sonic subcompacts built for the 2013 and 2014 model years due to potentially faulty fuel tank strap welds that could cause the tank to separate ...
Winter Tires No Longer Mandatory in Belgium
4 Oct 2013, 14:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Starting from this year, winter tires will no longer be mandatory in Belgium, as recently announced by Melchior Wathelet, the country’s mobility secretary of state. There are multiple reaso...
External Airbags for Side Crashes Currently Under Development
4 Oct 2013, 09:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2014 Mercedes S-Class may have introduced the auto industry to new interior airbags, but the next step for cars is to have their exterior airbags upgraded. TRW Automotive is currently working to...
2014 Toyota Corolla - Poor Small Overlap Crash Rating
3 Oct 2013, 17:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The most feared test in the auto industry comes again and makes another victim, the 2014 Toyota Corolla. Although the new Corolla got qualified for the 2013 Top Safety Pick award by the other cra...
Chrysler Recalls 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs, Ram Trucks
2 Oct 2013, 14:13 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler Group has issued a recall for certain 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs and Ram 1500/2500/3500 pickup trucks over software defects affecting warning lights and instrument cluster illumination. ...
Toyota USA Wishes You “Safe Trip”
29 Sep 2013, 13:07 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Automakers have evolved from producing metal boxes with big engines to making stylish, economical vehicles that also offer their passengers the highest safety technology available. While sixty ye...
Toyota on Creating Safer Roads
27 Sep 2013, 14:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota does more than just creating affordable vehicles for the masses - it constantly searches for life and safety improvements. For example, safety is ensured as standard on all Toyota vehicles...
2014 Kia Sorento Earns Five-Star Rating from NHTSA
25 Sep 2013, 16:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The redesigned 2014 Kia Sorento crossover has earned a five-star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The South Korean vehicle scored top marks in the ag...
Qoros 3 Sedan Scores Impressive 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
25 Sep 2013, 12:16 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The brand new Qoros 3 Sedan scored a five-star rating in Euro NCAP crash tests, making Qoros the first Chinese-based automaker to produce a car awarded with the agency’s top safety grade. ...