http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png http://jalopnik.com/tag/crash tests http://jalopnik.com/tag/crash tests My name is Ram, my crash protection is less than optimal. [PickupTrucks.com] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5697903&view=rss&microfeed=true U.S. auto safety officials unveiled toughened safety grades today. The downside? They won't get around to testing around 40% of 2011 models. [NHTSA] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5655993&view=rss&microfeed=true The 2011 Buick Regal gets an IIHS Top Safety Pick. The blue-haired, blinkers-always-on retiree crowd can now rejoice! [IIHS] More »
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The Ford Fiesta sedan/hatchback is the first minicar to earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) Top Safety Pick award since the IIHS added a roof strength requirement for rollover protection. More »
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A word of advice: This is exactly what it says it is, and it's not for the faint of heart. It took place in Berlin, but we haven't determined when. We'll say it only once: This kind of sucks. More »
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Spectacular newsreel footage from the 1930s reveals an era when destructive testing was a spectator sport instead of laboratory science. More »
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, never short of tests, put six mini/microcars to the roof strength test. The result? If you have to, you might be better off rolling a Smart Fortwo than flipping an Aveo. More »
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Both the 2010 Honda Insight and 2010 Toyota Prius earned top safety ratings from the IIHS, meaning neither can hold it over the other's head. The cheap Kia Soul, though, is probably going to do some boasting. More »
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New crash tests released by the IIHS for five economy-sized two-doors — the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt, Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Scion tC and Volvo C30 — indicate good or acceptable ratings in frontal and side tests. See, size doesn't matter! More »
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In a strange celebration of the multitudes of wrecked exotics we've recently seen, we've compiled the ten best NHTSA crash tests of sports cars and super cars. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll thank us. More »
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When we first saw the 2009 Skoda Superb we got weak in the knees. We asked the doctor to Czech us out and his Prague-nosis was that this Passat platform mate, with its twindoor system, was just too sexy. We know, it's a liftback sedan like all the others. But is it? Euro-NCAP, sort of the IIHS of Europe, tested the Superb and gave it five stars or 35 points for the protection of adults and 40 points for the protection of children. The big difference? Knee airbags. Brilliant. Press release below the jump. More »
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