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The U.S. government and private auto-safety raters made evident this week how tougher standards are moving beyond crash tests that just measure passenger protection. Now, they're evaluating systems that can avoid accidents altogether.The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Thursday that 48 vehicles earned its highest rating of "Top Safety Cars." Toyota, Honda and Subaru are the winners, with 23 combined. Volkswagen and its luxury brand, Audi, had seven winners. Volvo, Hyundai and Mazda each had multiple winners. The Chrysler 200 was the only domestic car to earn the ...
Takata Corp. handled their air bag crisis is the very reason why they lost one of their biggest investors, Sawakami Asset Management. He was one of the automotive supplier, 12th largest shareholder, but the firm lost faith in Takata after the management refused to explain what was happening during the crisis. “We could not help feeling the management is not trustworthy,” fund manager Takahiro Kusakari said in an interview from his office in Tokyo. “We felt Takata had a ‘we are needed and our products are needed, so the business will come back and the situation won&...
According to calculations based on actual monthly sales reported by the manufacturers, the first reports of November auto sales are in.Statistics show that Hyundai, Nissan and Toyota set the pace in November. Gains among major players fell within a narrow range of 0.3 percent at Ford Motor Co. to 3.8 percent at Nissan Motor Co. Hyundai’s 12 percent increase stood out in percentage terms. Hyundai generated sales of 60,007 vehicles, up 12 percent, for its best-ever November. Only American Honda and Volkswagen Group posted a decline in volume. Overall U.S. sales, wi...
Video Toyota, to which the company raised the main characters of the movie "Back to the Future" to promote its hydrogen hybrid car Toyota Mirai, took the 7th place in top 10 the most popular advertisements on YouTube. It accumulates 4,661,500 views.First, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd are discussing which of the predictions have come true in reality and then they get acquainted with the car brand that can use trash for fuel.
At the Dubai Auto Show debuted the new pickup Fiat Fullback.Usually at this showroom stands only luxury supercars and tuning car projects, but the world premieres there appears rare. Italian "clone" of Mitsubishi L200 named Fullback.Like the Mitsubishi L200, Fiat Fullback is equipped with a 2.4-liter turbodiesel - 150 and 181 hp (torque at last - 430 newton-meters). The transmission is either six-speed mechanics or five-speed automatic. The suspension was also borrowed from Mitsubishi with front and rear spring. A single or double cab will be offered to buyers - with the length ...
