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IIHS Releases Roof-Strength Tests on Midsize SUVs
Many SUV shoppers worry about the rollover risks that come with driving a tall vehicle. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has just released roof strength tests that are designed to measure how well vehicles protect their occupants in rollovers. The results may surprise you. In a press release, IIHS writes, "In the first Insurance Institute for Highway Safety roof strength tests of midsize SUVs, 6 earn the top …
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Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Confirmed
Not to be outdone by Ford’s highly-anticipated reintroduction of the Mustang 5.0, Chevrolet is planning to bring back the coveted Camaro Z28. Karl Stracke, GM’s Vice President of Global Vehicle Engineering, recently confirmed to Motor Trend that the rumored plans are true. MT writes, “Five minutes into the nickel tour of our facilities and out of earshot of his PR handler, Stracke casually served up unprompted confirmation of the return of the Camaro …
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NHTSA: 89 Deaths Caused by Unintended Acceleration in Toyota Vehicles
Now that the dust has begun to settle on Toyota’s recall fiasco, it’s being made clear that the toll on human life was greater than initially reported. “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is now estimating that 89 deaths may be attributable to unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles here in the United States between the year 2000 and May of 2009,” reports Autoblog. “Previously, it was reported that 52 deaths were possibly related …
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Americans Have Stopped Buying Sports Cars
Would you like a gorgeous drop-top with a snarling V8 and responses that make you gasp? Would you like a classic roadster? Or maybe a road-hugging, rear-wheel-drive two-seater turbocharged coupe? Would you be willing to pay for it? If so, you’re one of a lonely few right now. Americans aren’t buying sports cars. Edmunds Auto Observer reports, “Muscle cars are moving okay, but the rest of the sports car market …
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Some Toyota Tundra Owners May be Eligible for $10,000+ Frame Replacement
Toyota has a problem with rust. The automaker ha faced hundreds of consumer complaints about dangerous premature frame corrosion on its trucks. Toyota ultimately offered to buy back thousands of Tacoma trucks with rust problems for 150 percent of blue book value, only to see owners of Toyota’s other pickup, the Tundra, emerge with similar complaints. Toyota blames a supplier, saying the company provided inferior steel for the truck frames. …
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Report: Mazda RX-8 Getting the Axe
Motor Trend reports, "According to a well placed source at Mazda's North American Operations, the world’s one and only rotary-powered production car will cease North American sales, most likely after the 2011 model year." The reason for the Mazda RX-8's end? Motor Trend explains: "Although the Wankel-engined, 2+2 sports car was recently refreshed (2009) and currently meets all U.S. emissions standards (which are in some ways more strict that EuroV), …
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Study: Women Stay in Love Longer…With their Cars
The truth is, ladies, you’re just more committed than we are. The fire dies down for us. No matter how perfect the sexy curves, how comfortable the long rides together, we just burn out on the relationship. After four months, apparently. It takes fourteen months for a woman, though. After fourteen, you let us drive, and that’s how you know you don’t love your car anymore. USA Today explains, “Women …
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Study: Curvy Cars Have Primal Appeal
We can’t help it, apparently. Deep in the most ancient and primitive parts of the human brain, there is just something that responds to the shape of that Audi R8. It’s outside our control. We also love novelty, though. In a world where R8s were common, a Volvo 240 wagon starts to turn heads. Jalopnik reports, “A study by German researchers speculates a preference for round-and-proud cars indicates a subconscious …
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