We all know that if you’re a car maker, China is the latest market you want to grow on. Jeep however suffered a bit of a setback recently because of a few problems with the Wrangler. China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) is, if you will, the People’s Republic NHTSA and
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
Following a path carved by the 2011 Mini Countryman, Mazda’s 3 was recently acclaimed as Top Safety Pick under the IIHS crash testing program. The Insurance Istitute for Highway Safety does some pretty rigorous testing (as the photos clearly state) so the Japanese can be proud of their small sedan fir the award it’s just
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.
Safety matters and safety sells. This is something the engineering squad behind the 2011 Kia Optima took into serious consideration. Now we have proof of that as the NHTSA testing system just awarded the Korean sedan a maximum five star rating which means that if crashing is your passion, this is the car to go
The Italians at Pagani are somewhat established now since they made the Zonda and that was pretty successful. With the launch of their new Pagani Huayra they seem to be pretty ambitious though, even going so far as selling it in the United States.
Admittedly, a bit late when compared to “the old continent” the Americans have started properly testing the cars sold in their market in terms of testing. What better authority could there be for doing so than the well know NHTSA or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Whether some of us like it or not, China is still going to be the place to go for new car launches in the near and immediate future. Toyota proves my point by sending over the 2011 Zelas to the People’s Republic of China.
It just seems that we can’t have a week go by without a new recall. Am I wrong for wanting that to happen? The company affected this time is Volvo and the model that will be hitting dealer garages is… erm, more than one.
It would seem that the problem of unintentional accelerations is still haunting us as Chrysler announced today that it is recalling some 25,000 Dodge and Jeep vehicles to fix a sticking gas pedal issue. The troublesome pedals in the Chrysler vehicles apparently are made by the same supplier involved in a much larger recall of
Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Company has recently stated that the scrutiny his company has undergone has been “a good lesson” and it will only be followed by Toyota emerging from this affair stronger than ever. He went even further, to quote an old Japanese proverb which goes something like this “After the rain,
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a recall for the 2010 model year Subaru Legacy sedans and Outback crossovers equipped with a continuously variable transmission. The recall affects a total of 29,443 vehicles that are spec’d up with the CVT in the States.
Volvo have announced pricing for their S60 Sedan and a launch coming along later this year in the United States of America. The Volvo S60 T6 AWD is the version the announcement was focused on and it will have prices starting at $37,700.
U.S. Transport Secretary Ray LaHood has been on a courtesy visit to Toyota Motor Corporation’s headquarters today and he stated he felt encouraged by the steps the company has put in place to improve vehicle safety but is still a bit reticent. He did say, however, that he will only be fully convinced when Toyota’s
The American House of Representatives is proposing legislation that will beef up car safety regulations as a direct reaction to Toyota‘s recent recall issues. The bill forwarded is most likely to be attacked by foreign car makers as it urges manufacturers to supply technologies that cannot be quickly made available.
Ford Motor Company has announced today that Boston, Massachusetts has become the first American city to officially approve the Transit Connect as a taxi. This measure of approval has taken place as the current taxi car of choice for Americans, the Ford Crown Victoria is going out of production next year. The Ford Transit Connect
Pending the recent stoppage of sales of the 2011 Lexus GX460 the Japanese automaker has now announced that they have fixed the problem behind that decision. You may remember that the latest Lexus GX460 had been declared as a case of “Don’t buy: Safety Risk” by Consumer reports less than a month ago.
A recent survey done by Customer Reports brought out that 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV has an increased risk of the vehicle rolling over during a turn. This has prompted Toyota to ask dealers to stop deliveries of the GX 460 Lexus. Toyota’s statements of pride in the Lexus brand as one that has, for over
It would appear that the recent blow to Toyota’s image was just a hurt ego as the company has managed a year on year increase of 41% from 132,802 to 186,863 cars moved in the US. The Japanese market has also seen a considerable increase of 51%. The main reason behind this sales phenomenon is
