Posts Tagged ‘CrashTests’
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
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......
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
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 ......
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Nicole Nason, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), maintains that the crash standards that have been on the books since 1973 are due for a revision. Recognizing the 9 out of 10 vehicles routinely score either four- or five-stars on the administration's tests, she's see......
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Monday, June 18th, 2007
Oh how we all love a good car crash, but finding good, slow-motion automotive carnage on the Web hasn't been all that easy to find. Until now. Consumer Reports has put hours of crash-test video from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety online, free for anyone to see.We've already lost hours of......
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Monday, April 2nd, 2007
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just wrapped up its own version of a clinical demolition derby on some of the newest drop tops around, and when the airbag dust settled, the Saab 9-3 and the Volvo C70 earned the Institute's Top Safety Pick award. Both vehicles scored "good" in front......
Tags: 9-3, C70, Convertible, convertible models, Convertibles, crash protection, crash tests, CrashTests, demolition derby, four inches, frontal crash test, g6, hardtops, IIHS, insurance institute for highway safety, InsuranceInstituteForHighwaySafety, isolated case, obvious conclusion, pontiac, pontiac g6, roll bars, RollBars, saab, seat designs, side impact, top performers, volvo, volvo c70, volvo models, whiplash
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Friday, March 10th, 2006
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has given the new 2006 Hyundai Azera a frontal offset impact rating of “Good”, the organization’s best rating for crashworthiness. Like many a Hyundai, the Azera’s virtually a padded room on wheels with Electronic Stability Control, Traction Control......
Tags: azera, crash test, crash testing, crash tests, CrashTest, CrashTesting, CrashTests, elantra, front offset impact, FrontOffsetImpact, Good rating, GoodRating, hyundai, IIHS, insurance institute for highway safety, InsuranceInstituteForHighwaySafety, midsize sedan, MidsizeSedan, santa fe, SantaFe, sedan, sonata
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