Category: Safety

What to Do After A Car Accident

What to Do After A Car Accident

The best car accident would be the one that never happens. From anti-lock-equipped disc brakes to the latest in electronic cruise control systems, 2013 automobiles have been attempting to lessen the occurrences of vehicle impacts. Unfortunately, the world is a place where bad decisions or mistakes happen with life-effecting results. While some vehicles may be more prone [...]

The Fiat 500 is Trying to Kill You

The Fiat 500 is Trying to Kill You

If you’ve got a Fiat 500 sitting in your garage right now, then…well, my condolences. Not that it’s a bad car, or…actually maybe it is, since it was just rated as the least safe car on the road. Or more specifically, the worst vehicle for protecting passengers from injuries. So who earned the #2-5 spots? [...]

Just Days After Showroom Release, Ford Recalls 2013 Escape

Just Days After Showroom Release, Ford Recalls 2013 Escape

Officially going on sale this month, the 2013 Ford Escape reinvents the pivotal small utility product offering from the blue oval brand. With only about a week available to driving customers, the 2013 model year vehicle has to manoeuvre itself through a safety recall. The problem necessitating the recall for over 8,200 newly produced 2013 [...]

Ford Unveils Two Future Automated Driving Technologies

Ford Unveils Two Future Automated Driving Technologies

The Blue Oval brand has been a cornerstone of success over the past several years. Recovering immensely from financial ruins in 2006, Ford Motor Company has effectively nailed the attitudes of the current automobile buyer. A main component of Ford’s recovery is identifying the advantages in high-tech features such as SYNC and the EcoBoost engine. [...]

Porsche Recalls New 911 Carrera S Over Fuel Line Issue

Porsche Recalls New 911 Carrera S Over Fuel Line Issue

  The ownership experience of a Porsche is viewed as one of the most sensual in the global sports car market. While the Porsche line-up has expanded to include vehicles like the crossover Cayenne and four-door Panamera, the essence of the German sports car company has remained based on the rear-engined 911 model. Balanced, thrilling [...]

Do Insurance Companies Believe You’re Driving a Risky Vehicle?

Do Insurance Companies Believe You’re Driving a Risky Vehicle?

In most places within North America, auto insurance represents one of the most costly ongoing expenses attached to automotive ownership. A monthly or annual cost that varies wildly between driver, we barely understand the number of factors affecting our individual insurance rate. Driver’s age, gender and history behind the wheel plays the key part in [...]

Cadillac Escalade Escalates Security Array for 2012

Cadillac Escalade Escalates Security Array for 2012

  Merging the particular tastes of luxury car buyers with their popular full-sized sport utility vehicle platform of the 2000s, General Motors’ brand Cadillac adopted the Escalade. After tweaking the Escalade into the 2002 model year, Cadillac struck gold in creating a desirable premium SUV. An eight-cylinder now topping 403 horsepower, four-wheel drivetrain and spacious [...]

NHTSA Investigation Shocks Chevy Volt’s Battery

NHTSA Investigation Shocks Chevy Volt’s Battery

We knew it was only be a matter of time when an automotive safety alarm bell would sound over an electric vehicle. One of the heaviest promoted vehicles unleashed on the North American marketplace in the past few years, the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt represented a new way that automobile producers and customers could view [...]