BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Gets 5-Star Safety Rating from Euro NCAP
5 Nov 2014, 15:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW’s first ever front-wheel drive model - the 2 Series Active Tourer, was just put through the tests by the European safety dog Euro NCAP. The result? Five brilliant stars for the first ever ...
Tesla Model S Crash Tested, Awarded 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
5 Nov 2014, 12:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The best safety rating of any car ever crash tested by the NHTSA has been recently mirrored by the 5-star rating the Euro NCAP gave the luxurious all-electric sedan. Not really a surprising result, ...
2015 Chrysler 200 Is a Very Safe Mid-Size Sedan According to the NHTSA
23 Oct 2014, 16:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The U.S. Department of Transportation's vehicle safety watchdog has recently awarded the all-new Chrysler 200 with a 5-star overall rating thanks to the protection this car offers in a crash si...
Citroen C4 Cactus Crash Tested, Gets 4 Euro NCAP Stars
20 Oct 2014, 15:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Similar to what the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety does for the American motorist, Euro NCAP is a European car safety performance assessment programme that's sole target is to find out ...
2014 Nissan X-Trail Receives Five-Star Euro NCAP Rating
1 Oct 2014, 14:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / On the verge of the biggest European car show of the year, Nissan has announced that the all-new X-Trail received a five-star safety rating from the independent safety body Euro NCAP, just like the ...
Citroen C4 Cactus Receives 4-Star Rating from Euro NCAP
1 Oct 2014, 10:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Just as the automotive press is focusing on the upcoming Paris Motor Show this week, the guys at Euro NCAP came out of nowhere with three of their independent crash test results. The most significan...
2015 Kia Soul Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick, 2015 Kia Forte Gets Marginal Rating
22 Sep 2014, 16:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Truth be told, Kia boasts with one of the most extensive model lineups in the United States of America. As such, the South Korean carmaker must improve the safety of its models on a regular basis to...
2015 Ducati Multistrada D|air versus Audi A3 Crash Test
11 Sep 2014, 13:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sometimes, cool machines such as the 2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring D|air or an Audi A3 must be sacrificed for the greater good. In this case, it’s for the good of riders. That is, thi...
2015 Volvo XC90 Crash Test Footage Reveals a Very Tough Cookie
27 Aug 2014, 09:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When the IIHS put the outgoing Volvo XC90 through the demanding small overlap crash test, the very old Swedish mid-size SUV was rated a very respectable 'good' overall score despite it...
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...
2015 smart fortwo vs Mercedes S-Class Crash Test
18 Jul 2014, 12:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / One of them is a full-size sedan that weighs 2 tons (4,409 lbs) or so, while the other is a teeny-weeny city car that tips the scale at under 1,000 kilograms (2,204 lbs). The first of them is herald...
VW Golf Sportsvan Receives 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
25 Jun 2014, 11:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Euro NCAP has just released the safety rating for the new Volkswagen Golf Sportsvan, a compact MPV that replaces the Golf Plus. Out of the six cars which were recently crash-tested by the safety bod...
VW Golf Cabrio Disappoints in ADAC Rollover Crash Tests
15 Jun 2014, 09:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Despite visible progress in safety technology, there are still some car niches where crashing is still quite dangerous. One is really small A-segment models and, according to the ADAC, compact conve...
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...
Renault Twizy Leads Euro NCAP Quadricycle Crash Tests, Still Dangerous
4 Jun 2014, 11:48 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Today is an important day for quadricycles, with these hybrids that mix motorcycles and cars receiving their Euro NCAP test results for the first time. We’ve already talked about the poor over...
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...
Euro NCAP: New Hyundai i10 Only Gets 4-Star Rating
16 May 2014, 08:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The city car segment is filled with very interesting new vehicles, some practical, others funky to look at. Unfortunately, one easily overlooked factor is safety. Take the brand new Hyundai i10, fo...
Mercedes-Benz C-Class W205 Gets Crash Tested by Euro NCAP
14 May 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Probably the most expected official crash test of a Mercedes-Benz this year had its results finally made public by the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP) earlier today, and it seems tha...
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...