Delphi Blames GM for Faulty Ignition Switches
17 Jul 2014, 16:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A little while back, we reported that the U.S. Senate Commerce Comitee's panel of investigators has summoned Rodney O'Neal, the chief executive officer of Delphi, on Capitol Hill's ho...
GM Lied to Federal Authorities About Ignition-Related Fatal Accidents
17 Jul 2014, 12:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Another day, another ignition switch headline to make you get cold feet about driving a vehicle designed and assembled by GM. That's seems to be the norm these days and a new analysis further d...
IIHS Rates Best Used Cars for Teens
16 Jul 2014, 22:21 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / In its ongoing goal to help people choose safe vehicles, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just announced its first-ever list of vehicles that it recommends as ideal cars for teenage...
Hiding Safety Defects May Get Auto Execs Prison Time
16 Jul 2014, 20:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Bob Casey are cooking quite the recipe for misbehaving higher-ups in the auto industry. These two are reportedly working on a bill that would punish bigwigs with...
Kids Locked in Hot Jeep Wrangler Saved After Strangers Smash the Window
16 Jul 2014, 16:11 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / One of the great auto dangers drivers around the world face nowadays is as sadistic as unlikely it sounds. Recently, a group of shoppers at a Texas strip mall decided to take action when they s...
EPIC Car Seats are Designed to Save the Lives of Sleepy Drivers
15 Jul 2014, 20:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / You may not have heard of Plessey Semiconductors before, but this company is the mastermind behind the EPIC circuit at the base of a new project from Nottingham Trent University. Simply put, Electri...
GM Could be Charged with Fraud Over Ignition Switch Recall Delay
14 Jul 2014, 18:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Several federal prosecuters have joined forces and are currently doing their homework in order to charge General Motors with fraud over the notorious defective ignition switch recall. Evidence of mi...
Ford Crown Victoria Investigated Over Steering Problem
13 Jul 2014, 13:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The NHTSA is hard at work nowadays, the most recent preliminary evaluation looking into a potential issue with the Ford Crown Victoria. The Office of Defects Investigation has received 5 complaints ...
Stolen Tesla Model S Driver Allegedly Dies After High-Speed Crash
11 Jul 2014, 16:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you were sitting at home watching TV on the 4th of July, then you might have heard that a stolen Tesla Model S kicked off a high-speed police pursuit that ultimately ended with a fiery crash that...
Chrysler Recalling 895k SUVs Over Electrical Defect
11 Jul 2014, 13:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Chrysler just announced that an estimated 895k SUVs are being called back over a pretty atypical fault. It's not about ignition switches, Takata airbags, a glitchy power steering control module...
Massachusetts Police’s New Way to Fine You
11 Jul 2014, 11:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / “What’s wrong with this guy crossing the street over and over again? Aaah, screw him, I won’t let him go again, I’m already late.” Think twice, it’s a trap! And y...
GM Replacement Ignition Switches Recalled Over Faulty Tab
10 Jul 2014, 09:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / What the hell is going on over at General Motors? First the manufacturer announced on February 7th that a defect relating to 619,122 cars was identified, but that figure hiked to 25.7 million vehicl...
2014 U.S. Recall Tally Up to 37.5 Million Vehicles After Six Months
9 Jul 2014, 13:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Data available on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website shows that the population of recalled vehicles in the United States has reached 37.5 million. That's almost 7...
Delphi CEO to Join Mary Barra on Capitol Hill's Hot Seat
9 Jul 2014, 12:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / You might have heard of Delphi Automotive PLC before on the news. It's the automotive parts manufacturing company headquartered in the United Kingdom that became involved in an ongoing lawsuit ...
Ford Recalling 101k Cars in 6 Separate Campaigns
8 Jul 2014, 15:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / With this latest batch of cars called back over various safety issues, the Dearborn manufacturer's 2014 recall tally is getting perilously close to hit the 3 million mark in North America alone...
Hyundai Elantra Touring Called Back Over Airbag Issue
8 Jul 2014, 08:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As of lately, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration seems to be hard at work cracking down safety and non-compliance defects on every model and marque available for purchase in the Unit...
Lotus Recalling Elise, Exige, Evora S Over Fire Hazard
8 Jul 2014, 07:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration informs on its website that 860 Lotus sports cars are being recalled because of a pretty dubious fault. According to the agency, the oil cooler hos...
British Speed Camera Amassed £189,140 in Fines
7 Jul 2014, 17:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Data acquired by insurance company LV= Liverpool Victoria shows that a certain fixed camera in the Greater Manchester area of the M60 made a whopping £189,140 last year alone from speeding off...
Toyota MR2 Violently Smashes Against Railing on the Nurburgring
7 Jul 2014, 15:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You know how they say - “if you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough”. And here you have the perfect example illustrating both premises of that saying in about 5 seconds or so. ...
Why Filming a Ferrari Doing a Burnout Is Dangerous
7 Jul 2014, 14:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Nowadays you can’t simply get yourself a Ferrari and allow it to sprinkle its Prancing Horse magic all over you. Oh no. If you’re not having the whole thing caught on camera, it’s ...