This past December we reported that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had found traffic fatalities in 2010 were at their lowest level since 1949. Unfortunately, another study released yesterday by the Governors Highway Safety Association reveals that the number of 16- and 17-year-old driver deaths is headed in the opposite direction. While NHTSA [...]
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If you were impressed by the MP4-12C, well, you should be. It’s an otherworldly performance machine. But we ain’t seen nothing yet from McLaren Automotive, which is gearing up to launch an even more capable supercar. Whereas the 12C is targeted at the Ferrari 458 Italia, the next project down the pipeline is more along [...]
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This crash isn’t as odd as the California melee that saw a Saturn end up on an apartment roof, but it’s still a little out of the ordinary. Apparently a driver in Wellesley, Mass. missed a curb, and wound up driving up and over a Cadillac CTS that was inside a parking structure. We’re a [...]
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Automakers are being pinched to increase safety and improve fuel efficiency, but those two goals often work against each other. That could change thanks to a material that is 99.99-percent air. Ward’s Automotive reports that the California Institute of Technology, HRL Laboratories and the University of California-Irvine have combined to develop a micro-lattice material [...]
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Renault this week opened a test center just outside Paris where customers can test its growing electric vehicle range. The French carmaker said the center aims to convince customers of “the credibility of Renault’s offering and the relevance of its ambitions in electric vehicles.” The Renault ZE center is based on the concept of a [...]
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Nissan and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have announced a recall for certain 2011 Rogue models. Some vehicles may have been manufactured with an incorrectly installed circuit board within the vehicle’s electronic power steering assist control unit. Nissan said that, as a result, the terminal may experience additional stress on the circuit board’s solder, [...]
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Toyota has developed a concept car that provides a futuristic vision of how people, cars and society can be linked. The Japanese carmaker will unveil its concept, which is called the Fun-Vii, at the Tokyo auto. The theme of the show, which opens later this week, is “Mobility can change the world.” The Fun-Vii will [...]
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In the world of cars some car manufacturers have a good reputation while others simply don’t. Some manufacturers have historically always produced reliable cars, but occasionally manufacturers with a good reputation turn out unreliable cars. Based on claims made against the warranty on the car, below is a list of cars you probably thought were [...]
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The artist’s rendering above is an early look at Porsche’s planned West Coast Experience Center. Announced at the LA Auto Show, the facility will be opening in Southern California in the near future. The 51-acre facility is designed to be a “center of excellence for vehicle and human performance education, from track experiences and driver [...]
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Hybrid models have the advantage of fuel economy over their gas-only siblings, but it appears that batteries and electric motors make them safer as well. The Highway Loss Data Institute studied 25 2003 to 2011 vehicles that featured both conventional and hybrid powertrains (example: Honda Civic and Honda Civic Hybrid). The Toyota Prius and Honda [...]
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