Apart from fuel economy, nowadays it’s almost impossible to find anything more important among the car buying public than safety. 2011 Mini Countryman Kia’s 2011 Optima scored top points with the NHTSA testing so Mini’s Contryman wining appraisal from the IIHS ‘Top Safety Pick’ couldn’t have gone unnoticed. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is [...]

It seems Honda got a bit of the previous recall spree because the car manufacturer recalled 3,336 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour units for inspection. The said cars are located in the United States and the reason: the front passenger arbag. 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour Why all this commotion? Well, according to Honda, the some modules [...]

Protection systems are becoming more and more versatile when talking about cars. And such a spectrum is the airbag. Car manufacturers have been thinking of new ways of offering protection to passengers and new products have been developed by Ford (the seatbelt airbag) or by Toyota (the telescope airbag). And now, it is the turn [...]

I’ve just spent the day driving through the hills of North Carolina in a 2010 Ford Taurus. My ride was the model most likely to be the line’s best-seller, the front-wheel-drive SEL. The manufacturer retail price for this example (the silver car) is $27,995. At this price, 18-aluminum wheels are standard, as are paddle shifters, [...]

On Wednesday, we covered the news that Coda Automotive will offer a $45,000 all-electric four-door sedan for sale in California, starting in the autumn of 2010. The car project and the company were formerly part of Miles Automotive, which sells small, slow, plastic neighborhood electric vehicles. This car, however, is their first highway-capable product–and it [...]

Yesterday TuningTruck.com brought you a first drive of the new 2010 Lexus HS 250h hybrid. To give you a brief recap, we’re positively impressed but not completely thrilled with the HS. The exterior styling is a little awkward, and its interior and cargo space feel a bit more restricted than in the Prius. And the [...]

In light of yesterday’s news from the Centers for Disease Control that Onstar raises accident survival rates, owners of Fords with the Sync system may wonder about their own chances using the similar system. Ford has recently added a “911 Assist” function to the latest version of Sync, which is built into various 2010 models [...]

Mercedes-Benz hopes that an attractive new pricetag on its new 2010 E-Class will help you forget the recession, the bankruptcy of its old pal Chrysler, and will open your wallet. The new E-Class gets a significant price cut for 2010. The base rear-drive E-Class will sticker for $48,600 when it goes on sale in June, [...]