crash tests

2012 Fiat 500 Gets Contradictory Safety Ratings

According to the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety (IIHS), 2012 Fiat 500 models built after July of 2011 earn a “Top Safety Pick” designation, indicating that they’ve achieved the highest score of “Good” in frontal offset, side impact and roof strength testing...

December 12, 2011 by Kurt Ernst

2012 Chevrolet Camaro scores perfect marks in latest round of NHTSA testing

Camaro Is First Car With Perfect Score In NHTSA’s Latest Tests

2011 Lexus CT 200h Named A Top Safety Pick

Small Is Still Safe With Gordon Murray's iStream Technology

2011 BMW 5-Series, Hyundai Sonata Only 5-Star Cars In New NHTSA Ratings

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released a new, more stringent rating system for 2011 model-year cars. So far the only two cars to get... October 5, 2010 by Nelson Ireson

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick

The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee off-roader has won the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) Top Safety Pick award in the Institute's latest round of testing. To... June 3, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Video: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Crash Test

With all the heat surrounding the first set of test drive reviews of the 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG gullwing supercar, the video below is highly relevant, but also pretty... November 3, 2009 by Nelson Ireson 3

2010 Chevrolet Camaro only rates 4 stars in NHTSA testing

It's almost a given that modern cars from the major carmakers will be built and designed to achieve maximal crash safety ratings - especially brand-leaders like the new 2010... August 6, 2009 by Nelson Ireson 12

Ford tops IIHS safety results, Lexus and Infiniti miss out

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today released its annual list of vehicles that had earned the agency’s coveted 'Top Safety Pick' award, revealing... November 25, 2008 by James Martinez 1