Scion FR-S (Toyota GT 86) Gets 2014 Top Safety Pick in IIHS Small Overlap Crash
30 Jul 2014, 15:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It took a while, but we now have the results with Scion FR-S in the infamous small overlap crash test done by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). And it took it with flying colors. ...
IIHS Tests Show Mazda5 Is Unsafe in a Crash
30 Jul 2014, 14:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The American Insurance Institute of Highway Safety recently conducted crash tests on several smaller cars at their Arlington center in Vancouver, reporting mixed results. After being subjected to th...
2014 Fiat 500L Fails IIHS Crash Test
30 Jul 2014, 12:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Fiat 500L promised to bring all the fun of a regular 500 with the practicality of a bigger car. Is sounded like the perfect formula, but since it went on sale last year, several chinks have been...
IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Awarded to 2014 Chevrolet Volt
30 Jul 2014, 11:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / That + is what makes the difference between a really safe car and an average one based on the IIHS' crash test procedures. Fitted with the available Forward Collision Alert system, the 2014 Che...
2015 Hyundai Sonata Earns Top Safety Pick+ Rating from IIHS
17 Jul 2014, 16:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The all-new 2015 Hyundai Sonata has been awarded the maximum rating of "Top Safety Pick+" crash safety rating from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS). It was awarded to the K...
IIHS Rates Best Used Cars for Teens
16 Jul 2014, 22:21 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / In its ongoing goal to help people choose safe vehicles, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just announced its first-ever list of vehicles that it recommends as ideal cars for teenage...
2014 BMW 2 Series Earns Top Safety Pick + Rating from IIHS
25 Jun 2014, 17:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / When the small overlap crash test was first introduced by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the US, most manufacturers were taken by surprise of how bad their cars performed. Testing ...
Mercedes-Benz E-Class W212 Receives Top Safety Pick+ From IIHS
5 Jun 2014, 18:13 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / If some of you remember, the Mercedes-Benz M-Class W166 was the first ever three-pointed star model to get the IIHS Top Safety Pick + award last year, after managing to make a good impression in a n...
Watch the New Golf GTI Crash Its Way to IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus
3 Jun 2014, 15:59 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The latest car to have undergone the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) crash tests is the Volkswagen Golf 7. The hatch managed to receive the Top Safety Pick Plus title, but only...
Autobrake and Forward Collision Warning Does Improve Vehicle Safety, IIHS Reports
29 May 2014, 15:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Less than a year since the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety adopted a new ratings program for front crash prevention, the organization hints that automakers have rapidly adopted or improved fo...
2015 Chevrolet Tahoe Almost Aces Crash Tests
14 May 2014, 12:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Both the Tahoe and Suburban full-size SUVs, as well as the 2015 GMC Yukon sister model, were awarded an overall four out of five stars in the NCAP crash-test rating system. The federal agency says t...
2015 Hyundai Genesis: Top Safety Pick Plus Rating from IIHS
7 May 2014, 15:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The brand-new 2015 Genesis luxury sedan from Hyundai has just been tested by the American Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and received the maximum rating, reassuring for customers who ...
2015 Subaru WRX Is Safe: Earns IIHS' Top Safety Pick Rating
5 May 2014, 17:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Subaru proved today that a small sports sedan can be just as safe as any other type of car. After extensive crash tests were conducted by the IIHS at their Arlington proving grounds in Virginia, the...
IIHS Crash Tests: Behind the Scenes
3 May 2014, 14:17 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / We bet most of our readers know what the men and women working for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety usually do for a living. But their line of work isn't as simple as most of us imagi...
2015 Audi A3 Gets Top Safety Pick Plus Rating from IIHS
25 Mar 2014, 16:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Audi's brand new compact A3 sedan, which is about to reach dealerships as a 2015 model year has just received a clean bill of health from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (...
2014 Chrysler 200 Earns 4-Star NHTSA Rating
19 Feb 2014, 12:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has announced that the 2014 Chrysler 200 has earned a four-star overall safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The sedan received...
Chevrolet Spark Earns Top Safety Pick, Rivals Fail Small Overlap Test
22 Jan 2014, 19:24 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Chevrolet Spark was the only minicar to earn the 2014 To Safety Pick award in the recent minicar crash test marathon conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Altho...
Mitsubishi Mirage Fails IIHS Tests… in Pink
22 Jan 2014, 17:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The IIHS released a batch of crash test videos today, mostly subcompacts and compacts. Among them, a couple of 2014 Mitsubishi Mirages test cars received their baptism of fire, along with models lik...
2014 Subaru Legacy, Outback and Forester Earn IIHS Top Safety Pick+
30 Dec 2013, 09:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Subaru has announced that three of its vehicles for the 2014 model year have received the highest safety rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The three models that have ...
2014 Top Safety Pick Award Winners List Released by IIHS
20 Dec 2013, 09:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With 2013 rapidly coming to an end, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released its annual list of vehicles that have earned its Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards. 39...