Ford has recently celebrated a safety milestone by receiving a top vehicle safety rating for the new 2013 Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Check out more news on the Ford Fusion. “The Fusion and Fusion Hybrid exemplify the new face of Ford vehicles and demonstrate Ford’s commitment to safety [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has announced its awards for 2013 Top Safety Picks Plus. All 13 models earned good or acceptable ratings in the new IIHS small overlap test as well as top marks in other IIHS evaluations. Winners include Acura TL Dodge Avenger and its twin the Chrysler 200 Sedan Ford Fusion [...]
The 2013 Nissan Altima has received the Top Safety Pick Plus designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) “Top Safety Pick Plus” designation, which recognizes passenger vehicles for excellent performance in five passenger safety tests. Check out more news on the Nissan Altima. Starting with 2013 models, IIHS introduced a more strict criteria to [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced today that the 2013 Ford Fusion has been awarded the agency’s Top Safety Pick Award. Check out more news on the Ford Fusion. “The Ford Fusion, a midsize moderately priced car, earns the Institute’s top safety designation,” IIHS said. “The vehicle is rated good in the Institute’s moderate overlap [...]
The 2013 Dodge Dart today received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 2012 Top Safety Pick award, due to its 10 standard-equipment air bags and one of the auto industry’s highest content-ratios of high-strength steel. Check out our Top 10 things you need to know about the Dodge Dart. “We had high expectations for the Dart [...]
The 2013 Scion FR-S and the Subaru BRZ have both earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick award today. Both models received the top rating of good performance in the moderate overlap frontal, side, rollover and rear impact evaluations. We’re pretty sure Scion and Subaru are excited about this achievement. Refresher: The [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has revealed a new frontal crash test method and is their first new method ever since 1995. The method is called the new “small overlap frontal crash test,” which tests vehicles traveling at 40 mph into barrier at the front driver-side ¾ panel. The cars being put to the [...]
We just heard from our favorite local BMW dealership, Princeton BMW, that they now have allocation for the new 2012 BMW 3-Series xDrive. That means that the all-wheel-drive 3-Series will be available to purchase by July. Currently, BMW dealerships only offer the 2012 328i and the 335i in rear-wheel-drive. Click here for more news on [...]
Along with the new 2012 BMW 3-Series, the 2013 Acura RDX was also awarded the ‘Top Safety Pick’ award by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety today. Click here to read more news on the Acura RDX. The 2013 Acura RDX received a rating of good and earned the award with improved roof strength for protection in rollover crashes. [...]
The all new 2012 BMW 3-Series sedan has been awarded the ‘Top Safety Pick’ award by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. In order to earn Top Safety Pick, a car must receive a rating of good, the Institute’s highest rating, in all of four tests – 40 mph frontal offset impact, side impact, rear [...]
