2010 VW Jetta SportWagen Receives IIHS Top Safety Pick
10 Jun 2010, 06:41 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen has received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) Top Safety Pick award for 2010. The annual award recognizes vehicles that register the highes...
Five Ford Vehicles Get IIHS Top Safety Picks
9 Jun 2010, 15:56 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American manufacturer Ford announced today that five of its 2010 MY vehicles received Top Safety Picks from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The models in question are the Ford Fle...
5 of 12 Get Marginal Ratings in First IIHS Rollover Tests of Midsize SUVs
3 Jun 2010, 08:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In the first Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) roof strength tests of midsize SUVs, the results were somewhat satisfactory, though there still are some improvements to be made. Six vehic...
2010 GMC Terrain Awarded IIHS Top Safety Pick
3 Jun 2010, 06:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2010 GMC Terrain was awarded the Top Safety Pick title by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), just like the Chevrolet Equinox, with which it shares the platform.In the first rollo...
2011 Kia Sorento Receives IIHS Top Safety Pick
2 Jun 2010, 15:08 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The 2011 Sorento compact utility vehicle has been recognized as a “Top Safety Pick” by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), Kia announced today. The CUV will be joining the...
2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Gets IIHS Top Safety Pick
2 Jun 2010, 13:22 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The recently revealed Jeep Grand Cherokee has earned the Top Safety Pick status from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today, joining the 2010 Jeep Patriot (equipped with available s...
Toyota Sienna, Avalon Get IIHS Top Safety Pick Award
26 May 2010, 09:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the oceans of ink that covered the Toyota recall story in the media still wet, the Japanese manufacturer finds reason to take pride in its vehicles from time to time. Yesterday for instance, th...
Ford Offers Top Collision Insurance Cost Ratings
13 May 2010, 07:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A wide variety of the vehicles coming from Ford Motor Company have smaller post-collision repair costs on average that the rest of the vehicles in their segments, as shown by an U.S. Government repo...
2010 Kia Forte Sedan Receives IIHS Top Safety Pick
21 Apr 2010, 06:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Kia Forte sedan received a 2010 “Top Safety Pick” award (for the small car category) by the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Institute evaluates vehicles ba...
Riding Courses Don’t Make Motorcyclists Safer, Study Says
7 Apr 2010, 13:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A recent study conducted by the Highway Loss Data Institute, an affiliate of the IIHS revealed that motorcycle training courses don’t make riders safer, neither do they decrease the risk of cr...
Motorccyle ABS Saves Lives, IIHS Study Reveals
2 Apr 2010, 14:16 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Although some riders seem to be a bit skeptical when it comes to ABS-equipped motorcycles, and have trouble understanding its use when riding on two wheels, a recent study published by the Insurance...
Toyota 4Runner Tops IIHS Crash Tests
10 Mar 2010, 11:21 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / With Toyotas currently seen as unsafe vehicles lately - with the recalls and all - this following news should be great for the Japanese car manufacturer: the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (...
2010 Toyota Corolla Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick
3 Mar 2010, 11:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not all lost for Toyota, it would seem... Even if the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) doesn't particularly test the accelerator pedal, the brake response or the floormats in a car...
Lincoln MKT Gets NHTSA Five-Star Safety Rating
24 Feb 2010, 07:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford's range of vehicles which have received a five-star rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has increased with the addition of the 2010 Lincoln MKT. The luxury cross...
2011 Hyundai Sonata Gets IIHS Top Safety Pick
18 Feb 2010, 14:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The new Hyundai Sonata has been dubbed as a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today, marking the first time in history when the model achieves this feat. The previ...
IIHS Elects Jonathan Bennett as Chairman of the Board
18 Jan 2010, 11:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced last week the election of Jonathan Bennett as chairman of the board, to succeed Gregory Ostergren, who served as IIHS chairman during 200...
2009 IIHS Booster Ratings Released
29 Dec 2009, 09:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released yesterday the new and improved boosters ratings (devices which elevate children so belts will fit their small frames better), in an attempt to &qu...
2010 Buick LaCrosse, Finalist in North American Car of the Year
17 Dec 2009, 07:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors can be really proud of its 2010 Buick LaCrosse as the car has been chosen as one of the finalists for the 17th North American Car of the Year award. The lucky winner will be officiall...
Toyota Upset with IIHS Top Safety Picks
20 Nov 2009, 12:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Finding itself, for the first time, with no vehicle among the 27 chosen by the IIHS as the 2010 Top safety Picks, Japanese carmaker Toyota now says the report is misleading. Toyota also expressed it...
5 Subarus, 5 Top Safety Picks
19 Nov 2009, 15:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese carmaker Subaru managed a not-so-easy task, as it has a car in every category of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick. The carmaker's Legacy (Liberty), Out...