UK Police Rolling In Polydrug Test Kits to Stop High Drivers
5 Jan 2015, 11:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Currently in Europe, if a police officer believes you are driving under influence, but it’s not alcohol, you’ll be taken to provide urine and blood samples to see how much drugs you&rsqu...
Hyundai Blue Link Debuting Voice Recognition Smartwatch App at 2015 CES
3 Jan 2015, 18:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Although they're on the market for a while now, 2015 could be the year when smartwatches will go mainstream. Multiple smartphone manufacturers are continuing to put them out while automakers tr...
Ford Thunderbird Turn Signal Stuck in Man's Arm for 51 Years
3 Jan 2015, 14:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You know you're a real car enthusiast when you start wearing parts of them. And we're not referring to hanging a piston on a chain down your chest; wearing car parts inside your body. T...
Kia Is Recalling Souls for Roof Issues
3 Jan 2015, 14:10 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / 'The year of recalls' continues in 2015 apparently. GM said nothing new is on the list for now but Kia is here to keep things going. The Korean automaker is recalling some 90,000 Soul mode...
Clutch Interlock Switch Defect Leads to the Recall of Older Dodge Pickup Trucks
30 Dec 2014, 07:28 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back in May, the safety watchdogs of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation on 2004 to 2006 model year Dodge Ram pickup trucks over a potential clutch interlock s...
Phantom Traffic Jams Explained
29 Dec 2014, 17:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It’s that time of the year when you start visiting your relatives or going on the holiday vacation, which is nice, but since most people do this at the same time, you’ll inevitably get s...
Chevrolet Volt Steering Defect Leads to a Class Action Lawsuit Against General Motors
29 Dec 2014, 07:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors' biggest venture in plug-in hybrid electric motoring has been with us since December 2010, but the Volt was recalled on more than one occasions for a set of faults. This time aro...
Repo Men Are Using Social Media to Find Your Car
24 Dec 2014, 16:09 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Addicted to social media posting? You better be more mindful about what you post on them, especially if you’re a couple of payments behind schedule with your leased car. The repo men are watch...
Porsche 918 Spyder Rear Suspension Control Arms Failure Risk: Recall Expands to 205 Cars
24 Dec 2014, 12:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Porsche 918 Spyder may be sold out, but it seems like the German hypercar is going through a difficult period this year. It all has to do with its faulty rear suspension, which has already deter...
2015 Dodge Challenger Recall: Just a Glitch With the Instrument Panel Software
24 Dec 2014, 09:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In a document addressed to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s watchdogs, Dodge informs that the 2015 model year Challenger will need a software upgrade for the instrument pan...
Google Autonomous Car Gets One Step Closer to Production
23 Dec 2014, 09:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Yeah, it’s hard to believe and it fooled us too at first. The Google autonomous car prototype you see below is different from what you saw earlier. We know, the photo is taken in the same spot...
Old Cars Putting Teen Drivers at Higher Death Risk, Study Says
22 Dec 2014, 10:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / So your son/daughter just passed the driver exam and it’s time for a first car. Better choose carefully, because the older it is, the higher the injury rate gets for the beginner motorist. ...
Takata Airbag Recall Expanded by FCA US LLC to 3.3 Million Vehicles
20 Dec 2014, 11:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Only 5 days are left until Christmas, but some automakers have little to celebrate due to their ongoing fight against defective or sub-standard supplier-sourced parts. This time around, FCA US LLC a...
Woman Crashes Car Into Elderly NASCAR Fan’s Bedroom
19 Dec 2014, 16:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Imagine you’re sleeping wrapped in you favorite cozy blanked one night and all of a sudden a car busts in through the wall and almost crushes you to death. Would you soil the blanket instantly...
Off-Road Wheelchair? Meet the Tomahawk
19 Dec 2014, 15:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As I was telling you in a previous article, all wheeled vehicles are evolving these days and so should wheelchairs. And while that time we looked at an ultra-lightweight carbon fiber wheelchair, it&...
2015 Dodge Challenger Gets 5-Star NHTSA Rank, Just Like a Camry
19 Dec 2014, 10:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Back in the days of the original Dodge Challenger you only had a lap seatbelt to keep you from being catapulted out through the window, just like most of the other deathtraps on wheels in the 60s. F...
2015 Ford Mondeo Could Be Illegal to Fully Load, Heavier than Claimed
18 Dec 2014, 15:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Although the 2015 Ford Mondeo is a great sedan (which we are currently testing, so stay tuned), someone must have messed up with the numbers, turning it dangerously overweight. The Swedes from Tekni...
2015 Cadillac CTS Crash Tested by the NHTSA, Awarded 5 Stars Overall
17 Dec 2014, 21:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Underpinned by the modern GM Alpha platform, the 2015 Cadillac CTS sedan isn't just a comfortable and agile vehicle, but a pretty safe one as well. Thanks to a selection of high strength steel ...
Don’t Jerk and Drive - South Dakota’s Safety Campaign
17 Dec 2014, 16:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Can’t say what’s wrong with the auto industry putting out dubious messages like “Go fun yourself” from Toyota, but it looks to be the best way to reach a younger audience. No...
2015 Toyota Camry Gets 5-Star NHTSA Rating
17 Dec 2014, 10:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The NHTSA is done testing the 2015 Toyota Camry and guess what? It got the same five-star safety rating as with the previous model. A usual thing with modern cars now, but if you look into the detai...