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more about #carsafety more comments → AmishJohn: Toyota failed because the testers kept falling asleep from boredom. more » Novaload: Volvo says, put up or shut up. From a 1971 ad. The Headline was "Are you in the market for a hardtop?" more » Novaload: I have had a sneaking suspicion that the mighty Toyota, market monster for so long but never with the "perfect" halo Honda has had, has been up to who... more » bmoreDLJ: Roh, ry rhe ray, rill Russ Rador rest ra rot rod? more » Mobius: Toyota PR person: "Dude, that's not fair. Chrysler weren't using road-legal tires!" IIHS PR person: "What? It was inspected to be completely road-spe... more » tonyola: Two evil empires - IIHS and Toyota - in a slap-bout. My reaction to this is like how the US felt about the Sino-Soviet split of the '70s - you don't r... more » Elhigh: So the Camry will protect your fool head but you get violently buttsexed by that nosey Sebring when it slides upside-down into your backside. The guy... more » pauljones: Finally, we have a new slap fight in the automotive world, Toyota vs IIHS, and Stud Beefpile is nowhere to be found. Oh, the humanity. more » Alfisted: Way to pour salt in their bland, Russ. more » bmoreDLJ: More fodder for those Howie Long ads. more » leavethegun-takethecannoli: I suggest a dance-drift-off. "You've Been Served: Tokyo Style" Due out in theatres November 26th more » FTGDWolverineEdition'09: I really do like steelies. more » Skunky: I wonder how well the Miata did? more » Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): It seems like it loses something from the original "Y'all biatches step the f*ck up or shut the f*ck up" Stupid Babelfish. more » mytdawg: I would call the last 20 years of their Consumer Reports results "extreme and misleading". Unlike the general population, I've always thought they we... more » -
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IIHS Fires Back, Tells Toyota To Put Cars Where Its Mouth Is
Toyota stamped their feet earlier claiming the IIHS Top Safety Pick awards were "extreme and misleading." Now, Russ Rader of the IIHS responds, saying, basically, Toyota can put its cars where its mouth is.
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Toyota Calls IIHS Top Safety Pick Results "Extreme And Misleading"
Irv Miller, public affairs head of Toyota USA, just posted the automaker's official response to not receiving any 2010 IIHS Top Safety Pick awards. What's it say? The IIHS didn't test every Toyota and the new test is really hard.
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2010 Volvo S60 Can Detect, Automatically Avoid Pedestrians
The upcoming 2010 Volvo S60 will be equipped with a system to detect the position, direction of travel and velocity of pedestrians and cyclists, then automatically brake to avoid colliding with them. More » -
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IIHS: No Mid-Size Cars Score "Good" In Low-Speed Collisions
The IIHS has performed another round of slow-speed bumper tests, this time demonstrating all mid-size sedans will cost you a pretty penny to repair in slow speed collisions. See how your favorite appliance auto did below. More »
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Ford Taurus Simulates Parking Lot Carnage
After little-Suzy-homemaker loses control of her fully-loaded-by-110-pounds-of-groceries shopping cart, will it set off the side airbags on your 2010 Ford Taurus at a speed of 10 MPH? Let's find out. More » -
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Riding The "Volvo Water Cannon"
Spending the day at Ford's Product Development Center learning about the latest efforts in safety sounds boring, right? Normally, yes, but it's amazing how strapping yourself into a 50MPH water cannon-powered Volvo makes anything entertaining. More » -
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Ford Engineers Strap Giant Water Cannon To Volvo
Ford engineers have rigged a giant water cannon to a Volvo V70R to test effects of a side-impact crash without the crash. Better news? Ben's trying out this Carpocalypse-level technology as we speak. More below. More » -
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Nissan Developing Wrong Way, Pedestrian Collision Alert Technology
Nissan is developing Darwin-defying in-car technology capable of detecting when old people and bad drivers head the wrong way down highway on-ramps. The system could also detect impending collisions with cell phone-carrying pedestrians. More » -
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IIHS: PT Cruiser Most Dangerous New Small Car In America
The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety has retested the most popular small cars in America and the good news is they're getting safer. The bad news comes if you own a PT Cruiser.
