GM Received 152 Reports of Problematic Saturn VUE Vehicles Covered in a Previous Recall
5 Sep 2014, 16:46 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / About a month ago we reported that General Motors announced 5 recall campaigns, with the biggest of the lot involving 202,115 units of the 2002 - 2004 Saturn VUE crossover. Fast-forward a month sinc...
No Autonomous Toyotas, All Models Will Have Collision Avoidance Systems Instead
5 Sep 2014, 09:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / There’s a full on race between automakers to create fully autonomous vehicles, believed to be the future way of traveling - step inside the car, enter the destination and off it goes. Boring r...
Aston Martin DB9 and Rapide S Covered in Latest Round of NHTSA Recall Campaigns
4 Sep 2014, 17:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The NHTSA has announced a number of new recalls, one of which includes a couple of Aston Martin nameplates. According to the federal agency, certain DB9 and Rapide S vehicles from the 2014 model yea...
Curvy Women Demand You Buckle Up in Daring Romanian Campaign
3 Sep 2014, 12:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Seatbelts came about in the early 50 and since then has saved millions of lives. They're standard features on every vehicle sold across the world and some automakers even offer ones that inflat...
2015 Toyota Aygo Gets 4 Euro NCAP Stars
3 Sep 2014, 09:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As the all-new Toyota Aygo prepares to reach dealerships, it also took a trip to Euro NCAP to make sure it’s suitable for the daily commute and city driving. The 2015 Aygo received a four-star...
Eye-Tracking Technology to Be Adopted By General Motors
3 Sep 2014, 08:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / There's a general rule that says new technologies will be adopted by the public only if they're easier to use than to ignore. Near field communication (NFC), Wi-Fi connectivity and mobile ...
Uber App Banned in Germany Now
2 Sep 2014, 16:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Sometimes, great ideas will only give you trouble and this is perfectly exemplified by the Uber ride-sharing app, which gets to be banned in many countries because it’s not quite legal for any...
Aurum’s Toyota Land Cruiser Might Be the Best Armored Car
1 Sep 2014, 17:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you’re a very rich or influent person, then safety must be on you list too. Especially when it comes to going places where an ambush can be waiting at each corner. Of course, you’ll b...
Audi Recall: 70k Vehicles Affected by Potential Brake Defect
1 Sep 2014, 06:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you thought that only General Motors, the Blue Oval or Chrysler had a hard time lately with their numerous recall campaigns, think again. The Germans did some mishaps too: BMW recalled nearly all...
Lexus NX Comes With Comprehensive Safety Features
29 Aug 2014, 09:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / This year, Lexus unveiled its first luxury compact crossover, ticking off another entry in the niche segments that tend to go so well these days. It’s the NX and apart from being one of the be...
Recall Alert: 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, Tahoe, GMC Yukon Affected
28 Aug 2014, 13:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Automakers that operate in the United States know that it's a violation of Federal law for a dealership to deliver a new vehicle or even a used tire if it poses potential risks to the one that ...
Massachusetts Drivers Named Worst in the United States in Allstate Report
27 Aug 2014, 18:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Allstate Insurance has realeased its 10th Best Driver's Report to date and we have bad news for Massachusetts motorists. Boston shouldn't worry. In fact, Worcester drivers are 134.8 percen...
Yamaraj, the God of Death Scares Indian Motorists who Drink and Drive
27 Aug 2014, 10:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / India's traffic problems are well know across the world – congested streets packed with scooters that seemingly obey no law, plenty of road rage and hit-and-run accidents. We've seen...
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...
NHTSA Announces Three New Safety Recalls, 120k Vehicles Affected
26 Aug 2014, 18:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been pretty quiet since August 21st, when it announced a recall for 2014 and 2015 model year nameplates such as the Chrysler 200 and Jeep Chero...
Toyota Admits Camry Brake Problems - Issues Free Fix
26 Aug 2014, 18:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Earlier this summer, Consumer Reports discovered that Toyota needed to expand its recalls with one more for older Camry models that seemed to have some braking issues. Two months later, and the auto...
GM Ignition Compensation Fund Received 100 Death Claims to Date
26 Aug 2014, 10:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A little over two weeks after we reported that General Motors' Ignition Compensation Fund received 65 death claims, a consultant said that the figure soared to 100 fatally injured involved in c...
Glitchy Power Modules Persuade Chrysler to Investigate the Problem
25 Aug 2014, 11:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The total integrated power module is one of the most important electronic devices fitted to any modern automobile. Like all devices, these things aren't without fault. After a few hundred owner...
Google’s Autonomous Car Isn’t Allowed on Streets Until it Comes With Standard Controls
25 Aug 2014, 09:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / What happens when you let computer geeks create a car? It will look like a blobby fish and it won’t come with physical controls, but it will be able to drive itself. At least that’s how ...
Recall Alert: 2015 Chrysler 200, 2014 Jeep Cherokee, Ram 1500 Affected
23 Aug 2014, 02:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Chrysler recently recalled 89 units of the 200 mid-size sedan for an issue with the wiring harness and suggested us that it's "a story about a quality-check system that works," ...