Insurance Institute Gives Redesigned 2014 Toyota Corolla Only “Marginal”...
Click here to view the embedded video. Recently, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which conducts its own independent crash testing of new cars, added the “small overlap test” to its rating...
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Lexus No. 1 in Reliability, Ford Near Bottom
If reliability is the No. 1 trait your next car must have, you may then opt to visit your nearest Lexus dealership before considering anything from the Ford dealership across the street as far as...
View ArticleU.S. & Euro Automakers Lobby Free-Trade Pact Negotiators to Harmonize Safety...
Automakers and auto enthusiasts alike aren’t fond of the differing safety standards in Europe and the United States. Having to satisfy two different standards means increased costs for car companies...
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GM Dealers Deal With Part Backlog, CEO Asked To Back Rental Car Bill
Automotive News reports the repairs of some 2.6 million vehicles affected by the 2014 General Motors ignition switch recall will be delayed by one week as the needed part slowly enters into the...
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GM Internal Investigation Hindered By Corporate Culture
Bloomberg reports now-former General Motors engineer Brian Stouffer conducted a two-year internal investigation into the out-of-spec switch at the heart of the automaker’s current recall crisis, only...
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Reuters Claims 74 Fatalities Linked To GM Recall Through FARS Research
Reuters reports the original fatality figure of 13 allegedly linked to the out-of-spec ignition switch that spurred a recall of 2.6 million General Motors vehicles this February may now actually be as...
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Honda Fixes Flawed Beam Design In 2015 Fit, Gains IIHS Top Safety Pick Rating
After a poor performance at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Honda has redesigned the front end of the 2015 Honda Fit to correct an issue with the compact’s front bumper beam. Autoblog...
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IIHS: US Driver Fatalities Fall One-Third In Three Years
Per a report by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, driver fatalities in the United States have fallen by a third over the past three years. Automotive News says the report’s findings come...
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IIHS: Not All Ford F-150s Are Built Just As Tough
Automotive News is reporting the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety will rate versions of Ford’s F-150 pickup with dramatically different safety ratings after re-testing versions of the pickup,...
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For $58 You May Pass the IIHS Small-overlap Crash
Metal bars welded to the Ford F-150 Super Crew in front and behind its front wheels that helped it pass the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s notoriously difficult small-overlap crash cost...
View ArticleNHTSA Unveils New Tests, New 5-star Safety Rating System for Cars
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday announced significant changes to its tests and rating system for every new car in the U.S. Beginning in 2018, new cars will be rated on a...
View ArticleFord F-150 SuperCab Earns ‘Top Safety Pick’ One Year After Crashgate, Wheel...
The folks in Dearborn are right chuffed about the F-150’s latest crash results — so much so that they sent out embargo materials to a number of outlets, including us (thank you!), to make sure we get...
View ArticleCrummy Headlights Decimated the IIHS Top Safety Pick List
Things became grim the moment the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety added headlight performance to its testing regimen. An initial report on midsize cars came back with only a single vehicle...
View ArticleIIHS Announces Award for Not Decapitating Drivers With a Tractor Trailer
The next time you’re driving behind a semitrailer take notice of that metal bumper hanging off the back. That’s the underride guard, and its job it to prevent your minuscule hatchback from hurdling...
View ArticleIIHS Pressing for Countermeasures Against Horrific Underride Scenarios
In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Clark W. Griswold road rages his Ford Taurus station wagon under a logging truck to comedic effect. However, without the benefit of movie magic, the following...
View ArticleThese Vehicles Offer the Highest Rates of Driver Death
After a notable decline in driver fatalities during the Great Recession, deaths are back on the rise. However, the increase is rather minuscule compared to every other decade since automobiles became...
View ArticleIIHS: Half of All Midsize SUV Headlights Rated Marginal to Poor, Blind Everyone
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been systematically tearing apart every segment over inadequate headlights for the past year. In its most recent study, midsize SUVs took a beating, with...
View ArticlePiston Slap: The Life Cycle of Structural Enhancements
Chris writes: Hi Sajeev, I’m in the market for a new(er) car to replace my 2005 Nissan Quest. Safety is a very important precondition for my purchase since it will be used to transport my kids around...
View ArticleStudy Links Legalized Recreational Marijuana to Increased Crash Rates
Tragically, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has correlated the legalization of recreational marijuana use with more automobile accidents. Pot smoking in Colorado, Oregon and Washington seems...
View ArticleThese Large Cars Offer the Most Luxurious Crash Experience
Like the rest of North America’s passenger car market, full-size sedan sales are waning. While luxury vehicles haven’t taken quite the same hit as more affordable models, big cars are not in fashion...
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