ADAC Awards Volvo Active Safety System
23 Feb 2010, 09:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC), one of the largest automotive organization in the world, announced yesterday the winner of its latest series of tests, aimed at finding the best acti...
“Look Twice for Motorcyclists” Campaign by MSF
18 Feb 2010, 11:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Motorcycle Safety Foundation recently launched a new campaign that aims to encourage all motorists to look out for motorcyclists. Thanks to a partnership with California authorities, the message...
Opel’s Reactive Head Restraint Tops EuroNCAP Testing
11 Feb 2010, 11:56 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Safety is extremely important for people in the market for a new car, so EuroNCAP ratings are very important for car producers - except the Chinese whose cars can barely score one star when judged b...
Volvo S60 Pedestrian Detection System
10 Feb 2010, 10:54 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It is a fact that cars can do more and more by themselves every day. The way things are going, pretty soon we won’t need a driver’s license, we’ll just ask nicely our car to drive ...
Suzuki Recalls Over 10,000 Cars in China
8 Feb 2010, 10:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / This is really a tough year for Japanese automaker, as most of them are forced to deal with serious safety issues affecting hundreds, thousands or, in some cases, millions of vehicles. After Toyota ...
Peugeot Has 6667 British 107s Affected by Toyota Safety Recall
5 Feb 2010, 09:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you a few days ago, Peugeot and Citroen are two other companies concerned by Toyota's biggest recall chaos ever, as the two French carmakers are building the 107 and the C1 toge...
Ford Brake Recall: 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan
5 Feb 2010, 08:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / With Toyota's recalls driving us crazy, every single safety report that reaches our ears - or eyes, respectively - makes us think about the Japanese manufacturer. However, what we have here is ...
Honda Dealers Target Tensed Toyota Owners
3 Feb 2010, 07:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Looking to take advantage from the stir in which Toyota finds itself for a while now, a group of Honda dealers have created the Recall Replacement Program, targeting Toyota owners concerned with th...
Honda Recalls 2nd Generation City
2 Feb 2010, 09:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Safety recalls are sure driving us nuts these days, especially after Toyota confirmed that millions of cars all over the globe are affected by that serious throttle pedal glitch that could kill us i...
Renault Cars Not Affected by Toyota's Stuck Pedal
2 Feb 2010, 07:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota's safety recall frightens the whole automotive world after it was discovered that millions of cars are affected by what can prove to be a deadly glitch. After its French rivals Peugeot a...
Ford Territory Gets 5-Star ANCAP Rating
28 Jan 2010, 15:59 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Ford’s Territory model tested very well with the Australian New Car Assessment Program, as the SUV managed to get the maximum five star rating. So the impressive five star rating will apply to...
UK’s A-Roads Too Dangerous, Report Says
28 Jan 2010, 13:36 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / A report made by the Road Safety Foundation and paid for by UK’s Highway Agency shows that two-thirds of the one-lane roads are below acceptable in terms of safety standards. The report which...
Euro NCAP's Five Safest Cars for 2009...Are Seven
28 Jan 2010, 10:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP) released today the list of top five safest cars of 2009, a list which actually comprises seven cars. The cars entered the top based on their five ...
Toyota Recall and Suspension of Sales – What You Need to Know
28 Jan 2010, 07:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The snowballing effect caused by Toyota's two huge recalls and the suspension of sales for certain US models has prompted the Japanese manufacturer into releasing, for the second time in a week...
Official Recommendations for Toyota's Sticking Accelerator
25 Jan 2010, 09:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As we're sure you know, Toyota is trying to deal with its largest recall ever - approximately 4 million cars are affected by what appears to be a safety issues concerning the accelerator pedal....
Toyota Recalls 2.3M Vehicles to Repair Accelerator Pedals
22 Jan 2010, 07:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We all heard about Toyota's largest recall ever - approximately 3.8 million vehicles sold either under the Toyota or Lexus badge are equipped with incompatible floor mats that could block the a...
Mercedes to Adopt Auto-Swerve Tech in Five Years
20 Jan 2010, 11:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Today's cars are equipped with all kinds of revolutionary safety equipment that complete changes the way the vehicle per se interacts with the rest of the world, no matter if we're talking...
Renault F1 Teams Up with OMP Racing
14 Jan 2010, 18:42 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Renault F1 Team has signed a three-year technical partnership with OMP Racing, Italy-based motorsport equipment supplier. As part of the agreement, OMP Racing will provide safety equipment for t...
Toyota to Offer Brake Override Systems as Standard
13 Jan 2010, 09:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Japanese manufacturer Toyota might have found the solution to fix its largest recall ever: installing brake override systems on all Toyota, Lexus and Scion models. Basically, such a system could...
Over 65,000 Hyundai Azeras Recalled Due to Seatbelt Problem
8 Jan 2010, 11:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Hyundai is one of the carmakers that managed to stay away from controversial industry subjects, such as the sale of some of its assets or bankruptcy-related problems - as in the case of General Moto...