There are a lot of rules that car makers have to abide by in order to bring on the market a good product. Safety is one of the more important things manufacturers have to think about, and many crash tests have been invented in order to test how safe vehicles are. IIHS is one organization
Most people that go for an SUV when they purchase a vehicle think they will be much safer in a hulking monster than a tiny sedan. Unfortunately, many of the SUVs out there today behave terribly in crash tests, making them genuine death traps for anyone inside. But now and then, a properly designed and
The American authorities are well known for the amount of stress they can put on a car’s safety or fuel economy levels. This is actually a problem for some manufacturers. Not for the Koreans at Hyundai though. They’ve actually got some great news, their 2012 Azera sedan got its seal of approval from the IIHS.
The IIHS testing is clearly known as being some of the most rigorous ones a car may ever have to come against but if there was ever a car maker to be ideal for them it’s Volvo. Their latest model to hit the U.S. market, the 2012 Volvo S60 has just been put through its
Apart from fuel economy, nowadays it’s almost impossible to find anything more important among the car buying public than safety. Kia’s 2011 Optima scored top points with the NHTSA testing so Mini’s Contryman wining appraisal from the IIHS ‘Top Safety Pick’ couldn’t have gone unnoticed.
When one thinks about a small, compact car the thought about a compromise in the safety department comes into mind because of the size and need to incorporate many things in less space. Well, we can safely say that things are beginning to get better here. Let’s take for example the case of the 2011
The small SUV segment now has another Top Safety Pick member in the form of the 2011 KIA Sportage. Thanks to the award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, KIA now has four models that have been chosen as a Top Safety Pick by the IIHS.
The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety has awarded it’s fifteenth midsize SUV the Top Safety Pick. The winner takes the form of the 2010 Cadillac SRX, which will take it’s place among the Audi Q5, Dodge Journey, the 2011 Jeep Cherokee, Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Terrain, Volvo XC60, Ford Flex, Kia Sorento, Lexus RS, Volvo XC90,
