Photo: Kia Motors It should come as no surprise that the newly designed 2020 Kia Soul already has an award to put on its shelf. The 2019 iteration of the quirky Kia vehicle was named the “Best Compact Car for the Money” by U.S. News & World Report, and it received the Top Safety Pick…
New to the IIHS Top Safety Pick club is the 2020 Telluride Photo: Kia Motors Step aside, Subaru. It was recently announced that Kia has the most vehicles with Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick Plus ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Each year, the IIHS assesses vehicles across all brands and…
Photo: byronv2 General Motors is known for its hardworking, dependable vehicles, like the Chevy Silverado and the GMC Sierra. Now, the renowned automaker is getting in touch with its green side by unveiling its science-based carbon reduction goals. Affordable and Reliable: Used cars under 10K The Science-Based Targets Initiative In the automaker’s ninth annual sustainability…
The 2016 Toyota Avalon was the only car in its segment to be named an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Each year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests a wide variety of vehicles to determine their crashworthiness. And each year, the IIHS releases two lists—one for vehicles deemed Top Safety Picks, and one for Top…
Road trip season is just starting up, and as you get ready to hit the road, one of the top concerns is bound to be, “What should we take for snacks?” Well, we have the answer, and reasons why. Need a Road Trip Vehicle? Then should it be leased or bought? [wptab name=’Bad Snacking’] Photo:…
Car accidents rank as the 9th leading cause of death in the world, according to the Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT). Every year, approximately 1.3 million people die as a result of car collisions globally, which averages out to 3,287 automotive-related deaths per day. The losses of life are felt by the victim’s…
2010 Mazda6 Mazda has issued a new recall, and it has a lot to do with salt. Specifically, Mazda North American Operations has issued a recall of 2009 and 2010 Mazda6 vehicles in a long list of largely Northeastern and Midwest states, which the brand calls “salt states.” Speaking of Safety: Check out Mazda’s advanced…
This morning, General Motors announced yet another safety recall affecting 2.1 million vehicles after only just recalling 1.3 million vehicles more last evening. This brings the total number of vehicles affected by numerous GM recalls issued since the beginning of March past the staggering total of 8 million. This latest news comes mere hours before…
2018 Kia Optima Photo: Kia After passenger-side upgrades, the 2018 Kia Optima has earned a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). To earn the highest status, the midsize Optima “was modified to achieve good protection in passenger-side small overlap front crashes,” according to the IIHS, which notes the Top…
The European Grand Prix was held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Let’s get a few things out of the way: the Baku circuit is awful and so is the radio ban. We can all reasonably assume the reason Azerbaijan is now somehow home to the European Grand Prix, despite not being located in Europe, is that its…
Hyundai is developing new artificial-intelligence tech to detect and assess vehicle crash injuries, transmit this information to emergency responders, and help victims get lifesaving care more quickly. To do this, Hyundai is teaming up with MDGo, an Israeli medical technology company that focuses on AI systems. Here’s how this technology is envisioned: Using sensors throughout…
Robert Kubica during FP1 practice at the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix Photo: pedrik / Flickr It’s actually happening. Robert Kubica, who retired from Formula One after heavily injuring his hand in a rallying crash in early 2011, is returning to the sport after an eight-year absence. The whole world had willed him on, but many…
Never ever ever in our Wildest Dreams did we think we’d see T. Swift’s perfect face adorning the cockpit of an IndyCar. But now that we know an automobile can look this fabulous, Everything Has Changed. Cuz darling, it’s a racecar dressed like a daydream. Apparently there was a Blank Space on the side of…
Some people have argued that red light cameras are more about making money, rather than promoting safety Photo: © Ben Ostrowsky Nobody likes getting a traffic ticket, especially when it’s the result of a camera taking a picture of your car because you couldn’t get through a red light quick enough or because you were…
Lincoln Corsair earns third consecutive IIHS Top Safety Pick Photo: Lincoln The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced a huge wave of 2021 IIHS Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ winners in February — including two of the top dogs in the Lincoln Motor Company lineup. The 2021 Lincoln Corsair and Lincoln Aviator both…
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