The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) implemented more rigorous standards for the Top Safety Pick+ back in September, and new models have been called out to receive their highest rating. This is also the case for the Subaru Forester, Legacy and Outback that, thanks to the EyeSight Technology, have been named, amongst other 22 vehicles, a 2014 TSP+, by...
The American authorities are well known for the amount of stress they can put on a car's safety or fuel economy levels. This is actually a problem for some manufacturers. Not for the Koreans at Hyundai though. They've actually got some great news, their 2012 Azera sedan got its seal of approval from the IIHS. Actually, it went one better...
Following a path carved by the 2011 Mini Countryman, Mazda's 3 was recently acclaimed as Top Safety Pick under the IIHS crash testing program. The Insurance Istitute for Highway Safety does some pretty rigorous testing (as the photos clearly state) so the Japanese can be proud of their small sedan fir the award it's just won. To give you an...
Apart from fuel economy, nowadays it's almost impossible to find anything more important among the car buying public than safety. Kia's 2011 Optima scored top points with the NHTSA testing so Mini's Contryman wining appraisal from the IIHS 'Top Safety Pick' couldn't have gone unnoticed. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a prestigious organization that does some proper testing,...
When one thinks about a small, compact car the thought about a compromise in the safety department comes into mind because of the size and need to incorporate many things in less space. Well, we can safely say that things are beginning to get better here. Let's take for example the case of the 2011 Ford Fiesta. The Insurance Institute...
Cadillac has a very good reason to be proud of itself because it's 2011 Cadillac CTS model was chosen by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to be awarded the Top Safety Pick (among other models like the 2011 Infinity M). Thus, according to Cadillac Marketing vice president Don Butler, the CTS will be holding it's first position regarding quality...
