Following the massive flood in Thailand, Honda decided to scrap more than 1,000 damaged cars. Several models were destroyed today including the Brio, Jazz, City, Civic, Accord, CR-V and Freed (if some of those don’t sound familiar it’s because they are only sold in China). According to Pitak Pruittisarikorn, executive vice-president of Honda Automobile, the [...]
Americans traveled 46 billion more miles in 2010 then they did in 2009, but according a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study, fatalities still remained on their 5 year decline. In 2009, it was reported that it had been 60 years since the number of fatalities had as low as they were, and 2010 saw [...]
No car in an accident or on fire catches as much attention as an exclusive supercar. A Ferrari 599 GTB Firano was recently spotted burning slowly on a street in Dubai. We’re not sure how the fire started or if anyone was injured in the process. All we can tell is no one driving by [...]
What you’re looking at is an outing of luxury sports car enthusiasts gone wrong. Apparently, the driver of one of the Ferraris attempted to switch lanes and hit the median barrier – that caused him to spin across the freeway and collide with other expensive supercars that were trying to avoid him. The damage? Likely [...]
We’re not sure why General Motors isn’t making a big deal about this – but the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro Coupe has become the first vehicle to earn a perfect score in the recently revised crash testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s New Car Assessment Program. The 2012 Camaro receives a 5-star overall rating [...]
A study just put out by the American Journal of Public Health finds that women have a significantly higher risk of dying or become injured in automotive accidents. The actual figure puts women who wear seat belts at a 47 percent greater risk over men who wear seat belts. The cause? Design. Since men are [...]
Cars are safer than ever been before. But no five-star crash rating, reinforced cabin cell and x amount of airbags can defy Newton’s simple laws of physics when speeds reach the highway limits and higher. As the famed Jeremy Clarkson once said, “Speed doesn’t kill. It’s suddenly becoming stationary that does.” And while Top Gear [...]
Automobile manufacturers are going above and beyond to meet sales quotas as everyone is pretty much in a sales race. But come the huge influx of new models, comes a ripple effect that puts a lot of pressure on the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration. And that’s because they have a list consisting of [...]
The FBI agent that wrecked a $750,000 Ferrari that was seized in a drug raid is facing no penalty for the 1995 F50′s damage. According to U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn, the government is given immunity for property being held by law enforcement and they can’t be sued. While Motors Insurance thinks this is FBI [...]
Owning a premium supercar has its ups bit it also has its downs. Case in point – an owner of this Lamborghini Gallardo spent a wonderful day at the track – but on his way home he found himself in a pretty sticky situation that will most likely cost him and arm and leg. According [...]
