The Volvo Cars Safety Centre, which is responsible for the automaker’s safety ambitions, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.… The all-new 2019 Subaru Ascent is kicking things off the right way… It’s getting increasingly difficult to earn the IIHS’s Top Safety Pick+ award,… A few years ago, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety started doing……
An updated IIHS crash test of seven midsize sedans made all but… The 2021 Nissan Rogue is a popular SUV in the Nissan lineup,… With countless factors to consider, making a car safe isn’t easy. Automakers… After examining the latest available new driver death rates, the Insurance Institute… When you’re driving, it can be easy…
Seven of Chevrolet’s 2023 models can take their place among the safest… Each year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration puts dozens of vehicles… The Volvo Cars Safety Centre, which is responsible for the automaker’s safety ambitions, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.… In order to provide training to rescue workers, Volvo dropped multiple brand-new…
Ever wonder what a score of zero on a crash safety test would look like? That is exactly what the Global New Car Assessment Program (a London-based organization looking to help the adoption of crash test programs in emerging car markets) found when it went to India and investigated seven different Indian-market-specific vehicles, handing five…
Liam Waldron couldn’t have been happier than when his wish to be a crash test manager came true Wishes are powerful things, especially when the Special Wish Foundation – Cleveland is there to make your wish come true. And, while most children wish for trips to Disney, one six-year-old wished for something a bit different—to be…
THUMS in a relaxed driving position If you’ve ever been involved in a collision—whether it be with another vehicle or an inanimate object—you know that you tend to brace yourself when you see the accident coming and are unable to prevent it. Until now, crash test dummies were unable to emulate this action, making it…
The 2016 Pilot undergoes the small overlap frontal crash test Crash tests are a necessary and commonplace part of releasing a car on today’s market. Consumers rely on the scores and ratings produced by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to make educated buying decisions. Crash tests weren’t always…
2021 Nissan Rogue Photo: Nissan The 2021 Nissan Rogue is a popular SUV in the Nissan lineup, but even it has room for improvement. The automaker has implemented changes mid-year to make the SUV even safer than before. These changes have made quite a difference, resulting in higher crash test scores from the National Highway…
Work smarter, not harder – which is exactly what Ford is doing when it comes to their crash tests and safety data analysis. Ford uses a combination of virtual and physical crash tests when developing and updating vehicles. Ford virtual crash tests help the automaker in developing safe vehicles before they are ever physically tested,…
2019 Ford F-150 Limited Photo: Ford Motor Company The 2019 Ford F-150 has earned scores of “Good” in every crashworthiness category tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, making it the only full-size pickup on the market to do so. The F-150 was one of just three full-size pickup trucks to earn a score…
Photo: Lincoln The all-new 2020 Lincoln Corsair was one of the 64 vehicles announced on Thursday as part of the inaugural group of 2020 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK and TOP SAFETY PICK+ honorees. Just back in November, the Corsair earned the 2019 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK, and it carries over that accolade into the new…
The 2018 GMC Acadia received a “good” rating in recent passenger-side small overlap crash testing by the IIHS A new passenger-side crash test has exposed dangerous vulnerabilities in some big-name midsize SUVs. Owners of the 2018 GMC Acadia can rest easy, though. The Acadia passed the test with ease, earning a “good” rating from the…
Toyota has announced it has added three new crash test models to its Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) software that represent children aged three, six, and ten. As you might have expected, automakers don’t rely only on physical crash testing to determine the safety of their cars. A far cheaper approach—and one more convenient…
While the talk in regards to Nissan and the Le Mans 24 today largely centers around the announcement that next year’s race will see the return of a GT-R, let’s not forget that this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours will mark the debut of the endlessly interesting ZEOD RC. In order to help get the…
Photo: IIHS via YouTube A few years ago, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety started doing a new kind of crash test, meant to check how safe a car is when hitting a thin obstacle in the front corner, called the small-overlap crash test. This test led to a mad scramble among automakers to improve…
The result from the simulated crash “They don’t make them like they used to.” You’ll often hear this phrase uttered whenever conversations surrounding the difference between the cars of today and the cars of decades past come up. Many automotive enthusiasts enjoy comparing how much vehicles have changed over the years. Truth be told, there are…
Crash test dummies are undergoing a change to become more life-like Photo: Greg Westfall via CC If you call up images in your head when you hear “crash test dummy,” you probably see humanoid figures with big grins and flesh-colored limbs. Like most people, you remember the old Incredible Crash Test Dummies giving the thumbs-up in their…
2016 Hyundai Tucson during IIHS safety tests The News Wheel is a digital auto magazine providing readers with a fresh perspective on the latest car news. We’re located in the heart of America (Dayton, Ohio) and our goal is to deliver an entertaining and informative perspective on what’s trending in the automotive world. See more…
2016 Hyundai Tucson during IIHS safety tests The News Wheel is a digital auto magazine providing readers with a fresh perspective on the latest car news. We’re located in the heart of America (Dayton, Ohio) and our goal is to deliver an entertaining and informative perspective on what’s trending in the automotive world. See more…
2016 Ford F-150 SuperCab IIHS small overlap frontal crash test The News Wheel is a digital auto magazine providing readers with a fresh perspective on the latest car news. We’re located in the heart of America (Dayton, Ohio) and our goal is to deliver an entertaining and informative perspective on what’s trending in the automotive…
Ford may not be bringing the all-new Ford Fiesta to the United States, much to the chagrin of those who love fun little cars with a lot of personality. It has begun its rollout in Europe, however, and while sales are likely to be considerable all the same—particularly in the United Kingdom—the automaker will have…
Crash-test dummies will soon be sitting in the backseat during NHTSA crash tests The automotive safety industry has come a long way since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) first introduced its current safety rating system for cars in 1978. Seat belts have become a mandatory safety requirement. Driver assistance technologies have practically exploded…
The GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado were two of four mid-size pickup trucks to earn overall ratings of “Good” from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in its five crashworthiness tests: moderate overlap front, small overlap front, side, roof strength, and head restraints. “This group of small pickups performed better in the small overlap…
Photo: Tumisu via Pixabay Almost a half-million cars purchased every year have not received crash-test ratings, and many of them never will. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety won’t rate certain sports cars, large vans, and luxury models due to budget restraints. A Dependable Model: NHTSA gives Mitsubishi Eclipse…
This R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R was caught on tape experiencing a fairly hard crash Nicknamed the “Green Hell” by racing legend Jackie Stewart, the Nürburgring Motorsports Complex in Germany is no stranger to drama. It is the very racetrack where legendary F1 driver Niki Lauda almost burned to death in a fiery crash back in…
American Honda Motor Co. cleaned up at One Show’s third annual Automobile Advertising of the Year Awards during this year’s Detroit Auto Show. The automaker took home two trophies in the Broadcast Television category: one for the stop-motion Honda ad “Paper,” and one for the sort-of creepy Acura crash-test dummy commercial “The Test.” The award-winning…
Tesla is offering eye-popping pay for new robotaxi test drivers in NYC—up to $33.66 an hour!
Photo: Hyundai Parents with young children will appreciate the 2022 Hyundai Tucson’s latest achievement: straight A’s on the annual Cars.com Car Seat Fit Report Card. Perfect for Parents: These Hyundai technologies provide safety and peace of mind Two Cars.com editors who are also certified child safety seat installation technicians compiled this year’s report card. They…
Hyundai has been busy building its roster for the 2015 SEMA Show, the famed convention bringing automobile tuners from across the globe to Las Vegas. Already it’s announced a special Tucson from Bisimoto Engineering and a Genesis Coupe from ARK Performance. Blood Type Racing, Inc wanted in on that action and has something sinister up…
The 2016 Toyota Mirai The Toyota Mirai is an exceptional vehicle. Next month, a handful of lucky drivers in California will finally get their hands on their own Mirai fuel cell vehicles, and hopefully the rest of the country won’t be too far behind. In preparation for the Mirai’s release, Toyota brought three prototypes to…
As more and more cars have been sold, typically the “record levels of collisions” talk has revolved around vehicle-to-vehicle crashes or vehicle-to-object crashes. However, according to the Associated Press, we should probably be adding vehicle-to-pedestrian collisions to the grisly record books. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), pedestrian deaths in car crashes have…
Photo: Honda An updated IIHS crash test of seven midsize sedans made all but the 2023 Honda Accord look quite poor. It was the only one of the bunch to get the top rating in all rear seat safety tests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety updated its moderate overlap crash test last year in…
Haven’t you always worried this would cause an accident? Photo: Allan Foster It’s probably your biggest fear when you’re driving. Not wild deer running into the road, not rogue semis straying from their lane. The monster is inside…and it bids you “Achoo!” Whenever you feel a sneeze coming on as you’re driving down the highway,…
Warning: this video is not for the particularly squeamish, but is actually quite incredible. In it, a 1955 Chevy takes on a second-generation Camaro on the drag strip. At the end of the drag race, however, the driver of the ’55 Chevrolet somehow loses control of his vehicle and sends it spiraling down the raceway. A…
Photo: Sporti In driving school, we all learned about the dangers of drinking and driving. For most of us, however, that education happened well before marijuana was legalized in select states, so the official message to not drive after using weed is fairly new. While there are pros to legal marijuana, one of the big…
Photo: Andrew & Alan Frost via CC Pre-season testing for the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship came to a close on Sunday, the third and final day of a shortened testing format. 21 drivers completed a total of 3,713 laps around the Bahrain International Circuit for 10 teams, clocking in almost 12,500 miles combined….
2017 Hyundai Elantra crash test video results Photo: IIHS via YouTube For the 2017 model year, the popular Hyundai Elantra underwent a drastic redesign, recently earning a International Design Excellence award. But a new exterior look for this compact sedan isn’t the only update it received; improvements have been made inside, too. The Insurance Institute…
Curse of the Escalade? Bruce Jenner just latest celeb to find trouble in luxe SUV https://t.co/mOJZlzlUMC (AP photo) pic.twitter.com/bEejJ1bb9W — USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 9, 2015 This past Saturday, former Olympian Bruce Jenner was involved in a tragic multicar accident in Malibu that resulted in the death of a 69-year-old woman. In a somewhat unusual…
In the early 1980s, many studies conducted suggested that driver’s education classes made no difference in teen traffic accidents and tickets. As state school budgets shrank, stats from those studies were used as justification to cut driver’s ed classes from the curriculum in high schools around the country. Some insurance companies have even stopped giving…
The second day of Formula One in-season tests in Hungary is over. Because F1 rules dictate two of the four test days for the year must be given over to non-F1 drivers, and because most teams opted to run their current race drivers at the previous test in Bahrain, many new, lesser-known drivers were present…
Middle-aged drivers are at a higher risk of a fatal crash than drivers well into their golden years. According to a recent study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers in their 70s posted lower crash rates than middle-aged drivers thanks to innovations in vehicle safety and technology. But that’s not all the senior…
Fernando Alonso’s McLaren on top of Charles Leclerc’s Sauber Ferrari looked quickest all weekend, but rain in the final qualifying session played to Mercedes’ strengths and Sebastian Vettel was only able to start second on the grid. Lewis Hamilton couldn’t keep him behind for long, though — the moment they got on the Kemmel Straight,…
Photo: byronv2 Well, the electric vehicle market has not exploded the way that former President Obama predicted back in 2011. While electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales have steadily grown under the help of the federal tax credit system, they have certainly not reached the 1 million EVs on the road goal that was described…
The 2014 Chevy Silverado is one of the latest models to be recalled by GM in March. To General Motors, vehicle recalls for safety-related issues may well be the equivalent of Pringles: “Once you pop, you can’t stop.” Except in this case, their reward is not the salty goodness of potato chips, but rather the…
Photo: FORMULA 1 | YouTube The second and final week of pre-season testing for the 2019 Formula One World Championship is over, which means we now have just speculation, rumors, and driver quotes to fuel our two-week wait for the season to start officially in Melbourne, Australia. Lewis Hamilton ended the second week having completed…
Drowsy driving might be more dangerous than originally thought Photo:AAA By now, the risks of drunk driving are rather well known and recognized, although the importance of preventing drunk driving cannot be overstated. Still, there are several other, often unmentioned, conditions and states of mind that can make operating a vehicle extremely dangerous. Take, for…
Mazda has for some time been trying hard to push its way upmarket. Particularly, it has been working on this with the strength of its engineering and design, both of which have earned it a particularly interesting distinction. Speaking of Interesting: Check out the sleek and fun 2017 Mazda3 Every single one of its vehicles…
Let’s talk about language for a moment. We all know that the words we choose are influenced by what we think about whatever we are talking about. For example, if you are at your mother’s house for dinner, whether you describe the steaks as “burned” or “well-done” reflects whether you liked it or not, as…
Photo: mohamed hassan via CC This should go without saying, but there’s nothing even remotely amusing about car crashes. According to Driver Knowledge, 6 million people experience crashes every year, and more than 90 people die every day in car-related incidents. For all of the tragedy these figures represent, they can spur on creativity. Some…
Photo: Ford Motor Company Ford has launched a new ad campaign promoting the 2020 Ford Explorer as the greatest exploration vehicle of all time. To help drive this point home, the commercials juxtapose exploration of the vast reaches of space, the deepest depths of the ocean, and the most treacherous climates on the planet with…
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