Ferrari Fined $3.5 Million by the NHTSA
31 Oct 2014, 18:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Things aren't all rosy for the Italian automaker these days. Not only Ferrari was beaten by Maserati on third quarter operating profit, but a tenth of the most valuable brand of the FCA wi...
ESP Mandatory in Europe Starting November 1st, 2014
29 Oct 2014, 17:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Between 1987 and 1992, engineering big shots Bosch and Continental joined forces with BMW and Mercedes-Benz to co-develop a vehicle safety feature called Elektronisches Stabilitätsprogramm. ...
Chrysler Recalls Over 550,000 Trucks and SUVs in Two Separate Campaigns
29 Oct 2014, 15:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Ford announced only recently it's calling back approximately 205,000 crossovers due to premature rusting, Chrysler just beat that with two fell swoops. One of them affects a lot of Ram pi...
Ford Recalls Old Crossover Vehicles Over Rusty Fuel Tank
29 Oct 2014, 14:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Dearborn-based automaker just issued a new voluntary recall campaign. Blue Oval engineers found out through a thorough internal investigation that over 200,000 cars are prone to rust prematurely...
Imminent Recall: NHTSA Investigates Chrysler Over Two Broad Inquiries
28 Oct 2014, 16:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just two months are left until the end of the year but watchdogs of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration aren't nearly done with their work. After the General Motors and Takata ve...
Ford and Telogis-developed Telematics Solution to Improve Police and Public Safety
28 Oct 2014, 14:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This being an automotive website, I'm sure you are accustomed to what the Blue Oval does to make ends meet. But it's possible for some of our readers to not know exactly what Telogis, Inc....
Uber App Bypassing Seoul Ban Using Taxi Drivers
28 Oct 2014, 14:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Despite the small war against the most disputed ride sharing app in Seoul this summer, the citizens can actually use it now and have a ride pick the up. The only thing is that, instead of a black ca...
Drivebot Analyses Your Car’s Health in Real Time, Gives Fixing Tips
28 Oct 2014, 13:07 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We live in a world which can’t function without cars. We rely on them to get to work, carry our shopping, visit grandma, replenish supermarket stocks and bring us our mail. They’re liter...
Audi’s Autonomous RS7 Piloted Driving Concept Spotted with a Driver Behind the Wheel
27 Oct 2014, 12:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mercedes and BMW (in this order) may have arrived at the autonomous driving party before Audi, but Ingolstadt certainly knows how to make quite a show related to this. We’ve already seen the R...
Ford is Very Proud of its Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection System
24 Oct 2014, 17:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Active safety systems have come an incredibly long way in the last five years or so. Thanks to them, not only drivers of modern vehicles, but also other traffic participants are considerably safer t...
2015 Ford Mustang GT Delivery Hold Issued. Is Your Pony Affected?
24 Oct 2014, 16:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In a recent notification letter sent to all U.S. dealerships, the Blue Oval informs that certain 2015 Mustang GT models are to be inspected for a pretty peculiar reason. As it happens, Ford says som...
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...
Current Fuels Might Damage Euro 6 Engines, Study Says
23 Oct 2014, 14:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As you may already know, starting next year, automakers will build Euro 6 compliant vehicles to sell throughout Europe, while the non-compliant vehicles on stock will be allowed to find an owner unt...
Honda CR-V 4WD System Fails Uphill Test Again, Car Won’t Climb
23 Oct 2014, 14:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / With crossovers basically taking over the market, the FWD vs 4WD debate is becoming more and more fiery, as most carmakers offer both possibilities for their models. In a rather surprising move, the...
Beware of Fake Speed Signs in the UK, Pranksters on the Loose
22 Oct 2014, 16:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Here’s something to think about this afternoon. What if some of the speed signs you encounter each day are fake and placed on the side of the road by pranksters? It happened in the UK at least...
Takata Airbag Recall Update: Ford GT Supercar Affected Too
22 Oct 2014, 14:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The NHTSA vehicle safety watchdog announced that the recent 4.7 million strong recall involving sub-standard Takata airbag inflators widened to 7.8 of them affected cars. This recall expansion adds ...
Takata Airbag Incident Fatally Injures a Woman
22 Oct 2014, 11:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When the Takata airbag saga started in April 2013, many safety experts and automotive publications expected things to turn from worse to worst. Just like the killer GM ignition switches, a recent re...
Ford Made a Seat that Detects Heart Attacks
21 Oct 2014, 09:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Ford thinks in the future we’ll see a lot of old drivers hanging on to their car keys for as long as its physically possible to drive. And you know what happens when an old person refuses to g...
Takata Airbag Recall: 4.7 Million Cars Covered in the Latest Campaign
21 Oct 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember Toyota's recent supplemental safety recall of approximately 247,000 cars equipped with defective Takata Corporation airbags? As it happens, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administ...
Toyota Recall - 247,000 Vehicles Affected by Faulty Takata Airbag Inflators
20 Oct 2014, 17:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in from Toyota: the American division of the Japanese manufacturer is calling back a hefty 247,000 cars to have their airbags replaced with safer units. Toyota says that the affected vehic...