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Chrysler Recalls 2013 Minivans Over Airbag Issues
Chrysler Recalls 2013 Minivans Over Airbag Issues

8 Jul 2013, 11:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler has announced a recall for 282,200 model-year 2013 minivans than may be equipped with side airbags that can deploy on the wrong side in the event of an accident. The Detroit-based compan...

 
Next-Gen Volvo XC90 Could Be World's Safest Car
Next-Gen Volvo XC90 Could Be World's Safest Car

6 Jul 2013, 07:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / From an automotive point of view, Volvo is where Audi was a few decades ago. Only a few people look beyond the non-German badge to see the premium car on offer. The Swedes have a lot of catching up ...

 
Battery Fire Destroys Brammo Lab, Production Not Affected
Battery Fire Destroys Brammo Lab, Production Not Affected

5 Jul 2013, 08:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here comes another piece of news, however, less terrible than the huge Arizona disaster: one of Brammo's development labs caught on fire, but the emergency sprinklers managed to limit the damag...

 
IIHS Explains Underride Crash Tests
IIHS Explains Underride Crash Tests

4 Jul 2013, 13:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Driving a car to the back of a large truck can mean very bad news for the driver and the other passengers inside the vehicle. It’s probably one of the worst crashes a driver can get himself in...

 
Watch an Audi R8 Not Crash into People like a Koenigsegg CCR
Watch an Audi R8 Not Crash into People like a Koenigsegg CCR

1 Jul 2013, 12:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Earlier today, we’ve brought you a video that showed a Koenigsegg CCR driver losing it and crashing into a group of bystanders. The accident took place at the Gran Turismo Polonia 2013 event a...

 
How to Set Memory Seats: Audi Lessons
How to Set Memory Seats: Audi Lessons

1 Jul 2013, 11:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Audi wants to make sure that everybody is familiar with the rather obvious ways of setting up your memory seats. Thus, the carmaker has recently release a short video that explains this. We have ...

 
Toyota Distributing 900,000 Meals to Sandy Victims
Toyota Distributing 900,000 Meals to Sandy Victims

29 Jun 2013, 11:42 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We’ve showed you earlier this month how Toyota is contributing to help the victims of hurricane Sandy by donating a meal for each view of their “Meals Per Hour” video posted on soc...

 
Mercedes-Benz Shows Us How It Bashes its Cars During Testing
Mercedes-Benz Shows Us How It Bashes its Cars During Testing

28 Jun 2013, 12:16 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In case you’ve ever wondered just how fat automotive producers push their cars during the testing phase, Mercedes-Benz now wants to offer an answer. This comes in the form of the adjacent vide...

 
IIHS Explains Side Impact Crash Test
IIHS Explains Side Impact Crash Test

27 Jun 2013, 12:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released a new video from the “Inside IIHS” series in which it details the side impact crash. Introduced by the agency in 2003, t...

 
How to Check Your Wiper Blades: Audi Lessons
How to Check Your Wiper Blades: Audi Lessons

27 Jun 2013, 12:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Many drivers seem to take the wiper blades for granted, but the truth is that, like most parts on your vehicle, these need maintenance too. Audi has recently released a short video that shows us how...

 
How to Open Your Bonnet, a Lesson By Audi
How to Open Your Bonnet, a Lesson By Audi

26 Jun 2013, 13:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ladies and gentlemen drivers, we are gathered here today in order to learn how the magic hidden on top of our engines works. That magic is called “the bonnet” and Audi has just released ...

 
Ferrari 458 Goes Acceleration Crazy in City Traffic
Ferrari 458 Goes Acceleration Crazy in City Traffic

25 Jun 2013, 11:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We’re not here to encourage behavior such as the one depicted in the clip below. However, we’re not here to talk about how reckless the driver is, either. We’ve just come across...

 
Watch a Parachute Save a Nitrous-Boosted Camaro From Crashing
Watch a Parachute Save a Nitrous-Boosted Camaro From Crashing

24 Jun 2013, 14:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The great Mario Andretti once said: “It is amazing how may drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.” Well, it seems that we can say the...

 
One Video View = One Meal Donation from Toyota
One Video View = One Meal Donation from Toyota

21 Jun 2013, 11:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / This is not joke. Unlike the viral posts on social media websites that begs attention, likes and shares to “help” sick children (even though the photos of them in terminal condition are ...

 
This Is How the German Police Rolls when Protecting Barack Obama
This Is How the German Police Rolls when Protecting Barack Obama

19 Jun 2013, 15:16 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / US President Barack Obama paid a visit to Germany yesterday and this was a good opportunity for the German Police to show the world its motorized muscles. It seems that the “Polizei” ...

 
Honda S2000 and Acura RSX Recalled for Braking Issue
Honda S2000 and Acura RSX Recalled for Braking Issue

19 Jun 2013, 09:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Honda has recently announced a recall for the S2000 and Acura RSX models, with the sports cars facing a braking problem. The affected vehicles include the 2006 Acura RSX built between January 18,...

 
Shocking Accident Photo Album for French Students
Shocking Accident Photo Album for French Students

17 Jun 2013, 13:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The prefecture of Val d'Oise has put up a very shocking photo album for the motorcycle students in the area, hoping that the images will make the future riders be more careful on the road. W...

 
GM Recalls an Extra 230,000 Trailblazer-based SUVs
GM Recalls an Extra 230,000 Trailblazer-based SUVs

17 Jun 2013, 09:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In August last year, General Motors issued a recall for the GMT360 SUVs (Buick Rainier, Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Isuzu Ascender and Saab 9-7X) belonging to the 2005-2007 model years. The cm...

 
Toyota Promotes Road-Safety Awareness in Thailand
Toyota Promotes Road-Safety Awareness in Thailand

16 Jun 2013, 11:50 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As road accidents killed 12 out of every 100,000 Thais last year, Toyota Motors Thailand and Honda Automobile launched a road safety awareness program for the people there. Toyota signed a contra...

 
Arab Drifting Now Replaced with Extreme Texting
Arab Drifting Now Replaced with Extreme Texting

13 Jun 2013, 09:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We haven’t heard too much from the guys doing Arab Drifting lately, so we figured that this ridiculous activity that’s actually called Hagwalah had gone out of fashion. Alas, it seem...