The all-new Toyota Corolla sedan has earned a ‘marginal’ safety rating in a tough new crash test in the US. The new four-door Corolla – due in Australia in mid 2014 – struggled in the Insurance Institute for ...
The all-new Kia Rondo has achieved the maximum five-star safety rating from Euro NCAP in the latest round of crash tests. Known as the Carens in some overseas markets, the Kia Rondo achieved 94 per cent for protection of adult occupants, ...
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The Qoros 3 sedan has become the first Chinese-developed car to score a maximum five-star safety rating by Euro NCAP, with results that make it 2013′s best performer to date. The compact C-segment model achieved an overall score of ...
American National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced plans to add rearview video systems to its list of recommended features under its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). NHTSA has taken this decision to prevent ...
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Latin America’s vehicle safety adjudicator, Latin NCAP, has awarded its first five-star safety rating to a car, while also giving zero stars to vehicles from four major automotive brands. The new Seat Leon, a Volkswagen Golf-based ...
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A government rule that would require a backup camera to be standard on all new cars has been delayed a fourth time,now pushed to 2015. The announcement came from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in a letter to Senate Commerce Committee ...
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The Renault Captur and Chevrolet Trax have both earned a maximum five-star safety rating from the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), ahead of the new sub-compact SUVs’ local arrival in 2014. Due to reach Australian ...
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The Renault Captur could have been safer for rear passengers, a Renault executive has admitted, had curtain airbags been fitted to the car. The controversial decision to make full-length curtain airbags unavailable in the Renault Captur ...
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The Mercedes-Benz Citan has scored just three stars out of five in Euro NCAP’s crash test of the new light commercial van. The disappointing result is Mercedes-Benz’s worst Euro NCAP rating since 1997 when the ...
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The 2014 Mitsubishi Triton will be safer, more luxurious and better to drive, but a new diesel-hybrid system will have to wait until about 2018. Mitsubishi showcased the GR-HEV concept at the 2013 Geneva motor show this week, providing a ...
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Next month Toshiba is to sample ARM-based image recognition processors for industrial use. Mass production is planned for January 2014. The industrial image recognition processors are a derivation of its Visconti range of image processors ...
The Foton Tunland has been awarded a disappointing three-star ANCAP safety rating in the latest round of local crash testing. Despite Foton claiming its Chinese-built Tunland ute was designed in accordance with four-star Euro NCAP ...
The eagerly awaited all-new Volvo V40 has arrived in Australia promising class-leading dynamics and styling, along with state-of-the-art features and the world’s first pedestrian airbag. The Volvo V40 is effectively the replacement ...
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The LDV V80 has been introduced to Australia as China’s biggest automotive company looks to take on the might of the Toyota HiAce and Hyundai iLoad in the commercial van market. A division of the Shanghai Automotive Industrial ...
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In an article published on the Federal Register yesterday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has decided to withdraw a rulemaking proposal aimed at repealing the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) rule ...
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