Infiniti Q70 Aces Small Overlap Front Crash Test, Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Award
6 Oct 2014, 14:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Thanks to a "good" overall evaluation and the Top Safety Pick+ award, the 2014 - 2015 Infiniti Q70 is the safest car the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested recently. In comparis...
Cadillac SRX, Saab 9-4X, Chevrolet Spark Recalled
6 Oct 2014, 10:32 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you haven't bothered to keep count on General Motors' 2014 recall tally, October sees the number of individual recalls hike to 74, while the total of vehicles covered shyly surpasses 30...
GM Issues New Recalls, Year-to-Date Tally Over 30 Million Vehicles
6 Oct 2014, 09:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Approximately 2 months remain until champagne bottles will be popping all over the world, yet GM hasn't got the best reason to celebrate. As it was expected, the 2014 General Motors recall tall...
Dodge Viper Recall: 1,912 Cars Affected
6 Oct 2014, 08:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Previously known as the SRT Viper, the two-door Chrysler Group V10 supercar is now the subject of a voluntary recall estimated to cover 1,912 cars. According to the American automaker, affected vehi...
Apple CarPlay Now Available for Pioneer NEX Media Devices
3 Oct 2014, 14:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Apple and Google are trying to integrate smartphones with you car and soon enough, automakers might even ditch their costly infotainment systems. Who wouldn’t like swipe a finger over the same...
PathFindIR II In-Car Thermal Vision Camera Reveals Everything at Night
3 Oct 2014, 12:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Driving in daylight is one thing, but when the night comes, the situation changes totally. The headlamps will allow you to see about 500 feet (152 m) ahead in total darkness and most of the times th...
Nissan Leaf Charging Cable Can Be Stolen by a Kid Using a Comb
3 Oct 2014, 12:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Most plug in hybrids and electric vehicles are coming with an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE); it’s that brick with two cables attached to it that you plug to your car and an electric...
Here's How You Quickly Stop a Runaway Diesel
3 Oct 2014, 12:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You've probably heard about a runaway diesel or may have even experienced the ordeal; we'll tell you what can cause this problem and how to end such a situation
Mitsubishi i-MiEV Recalled for Brake System Defect
3 Oct 2014, 09:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Also rebadged as the Peugeot iOn and Citroen C-Zero, the Mitsubishi i-MiEV was never a hot seller, be it Japan, Europe or the US. Despite the quite low sales volumes, some people actually bought suc...
GM Issues Stop-Delivery Notice, 117,000+ Cars to Be Recalled Over Chassis Control Module Defect
3 Oct 2014, 08:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The end of the current year is getting nearer, yet General Motors is still experiencing a lot of faults with new and older cars. This time around, GM is recalling 117,651 vehicles from the 2013 and ...
2014 Lincoln MKS Crash Tested by the IIHS
2 Oct 2014, 18:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / First introduced in 2008 and facelifted in 2012, the Lincoln MKS is one of the oldest models of Ford's luxury division. In essence a posher Ford Taurus with a sea of chrome instead of a proper ...
Older Toyota Corollas Could Suffer from Unintended Acceleration
30 Sep 2014, 09:45 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The unintended acceleration plague that hit Toyota recently appears to haven’t healed yet, as a US safety agency in evaluating a car owner’s allegation that older Corolla models can unex...
Toyota Recalls Over 600,000 Tacoma Pickups for Leaf Springs
30 Sep 2014, 09:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Sometimes, a car part as simple as a spring can lead to a disaster under the right, or should we say wrong, circumstances. This is demonstrated now by Toyota, which is conducting a new recall for ba...
Dragster Engines Going Wrong Compilation
29 Sep 2014, 11:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / For some, drag racing seems a pointless burn of money, with teams spending millions just to go very fast over a quarter mile. But for others, the smell of high octane, the ground-shaking exhaust sou...
Google Glass Texting While Driving Is Almost As Dangerous as Using a Phone
29 Sep 2014, 09:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You’re probably thinking that Google Glass will help you a lot with staying in touch with friends while driving and still be safe. Well, you’re somehow wrong as a study reveals the devic...
Ford Recall: 850,000 Cars Affected
26 Sep 2014, 14:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just the other moment Chrysler announced it's recalling 350,000 vehicles over a fault with the ignition switch, but now Ford drops the bomb: 850,050 cars make up this new safety campaign. Th...
Chrysler Recall: 350,000 Cars from the 2008 Model Year Involved
26 Sep 2014, 13:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Yes, you heard that right. Chrysler announced a safety recall covering a whopping 349,442 cars from the 2008 model year, all of them assembled before May 12th of 2008. What do these vehicles have in...
Does Mary Barra Deserve to Be On the Cover of Time Magazine?
26 Sep 2014, 09:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While the so-called 'GM Recall Saga' might not ring a bell to people that don't watch TV regularly or aren't that much into the auto industry, the aforementioned is considered by...
Ferrari Recall: 458 Italia Isn't the Best Car to Kidnap People, Apparently
23 Sep 2014, 17:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's virtually impossible not to love the 458 Italia. Maybe you're not into the looks of nowadays Fezzas, but the mechanical side's credentials is hard to ignore. Boasting with a 4.5-...
Toyota Previews New 3D Head-Up Display
23 Sep 2014, 08:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In one of its latest reports, Toyota said it won’t spend resources to create autonomous vehicles in the near future. Its target is to let drivers do their job but provide them a good amount of...