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Click above for an extensive photo gallery of the work in progress...Polyurethane, the wonder-polymer used in everything from appliances and textiles to electronics and footwear, is apparently the car building material-of-choice for this "sculptor" in Lithuania. You'd recognize his particular mixtu......

Click above to view high-res gallery of crash-tested Ford TaurusFord has been very quiet about what it will have onstage at the New York Auto Show tomorrow, but one vehicle we do know that will be under the lights is the Ford Taurus. While there will certainly be a number of Taurus models waxed, pol......

Teams in the second-tier GP2 series have completed initial tests of the new 2008 spec car, which is already showing a marked improvement over last year's model. The feeder series founded in 2005 by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and Renault chief Flavio Briatore runs identical Dallara chassis powered......

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has just finished the latest round of their long running series of crash tests of new vehicles. This time around they evaluated nine different mid-sized SUVs and CUVs. IIHS does front, rear and side impact testing on each of the vehicles and in the l......

One of the main concerns that Autoblog readers have about Chinese cars is their safety. We've seen some fairly horrific crash tests of Chinese-made cars recently, but some improvements, as well. You just gotta know American insurance companies are not looking forward to these things being on U.S. ro......

click above for more pics of the Tesla Roadster testing for the FMVSSIn order to legally be sold as a production vehicle in all 50 of these United States, a new car has to meet hundreds of requirements, some silly and some serious. Malcolm Powell, Tesla Motors VP of Vehicle Integration, reported on ......

The Hyundai Genesis has just finished shooting its close-up. Shot in what looks like ABC Super Slo Mo, you get a pretty good idea of how you'll fare in a Genesis should you encounter another large object at speed. During the frontal impact test the passenger cabin remained virtually unaffected, and ......

The new Cadillac CTS has been snatching up awards and garnering praise since its launch last year, and now its got another trophy to place on its shelf. After the IIHS wrapped up its battery of batterings, the CTS joined the Institute's list of Top Safety Picks for 2008. Cadillac's entry-level sport......

Click the image above to check out the (mild) carnage.The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been conducting a series of studies to test the extent of damage caused by low-speed crashes – one of the most common collisions around. The tests included running a bumper-shaped barrier into the ......

Ford sent the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) the results of its internal crash tests of the 2008 Focus, and in five out of six criteria, the "new" sedan scored a "Good" rating. Head/neck, chest and foot protection was all above average, as were the restraint systems used on the dummie......