Posts Tagged ‘Safety’
The Biggest Automotive Recalls Of The Past Decade
Recalls are part of the automotive industry. It doesn’t matter what year it is, there are always a few vehicles that need to be recalled due to manufacturing defects. Sometimes these defects are small issues, related to the windshield wipers and air conditioning, for example. They can also be life threatening problems, involving the deployment…
Read MoreNew Study Links Car Crash Fatalities To Vehicle Size
It turns out those people who claim that driving a big car is safer were, well… kind of right. A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has found a strong correlation between the size of your vehicle and your odds of surviving a serious crash or impact. The IIHS study ranked…
Read MoreThe Newest Vehicle Safety Features (And Are They Worth It)
Vehicles today come with any number of high-tech safety features. They are designed to make the driving experience as safe as possible. Plenty of new technologies will help keep you and your passengers out of harm’s way. However, many of the latest and greatest safety features are still optional add-ons. That means you’ll probably be…
Read MoreWinter Driving: These Vehicles Are Your Best Choices
Winter is coming. With it comes treacherous driving conditions. Snow, ice, slush and rain conspire to make driving in the winter months difficult at the best of times. If you live in an area that experiences winter for four-to-six months out of the year, then you have a vested interest in driving the right vehicle.…
Read More11 Signs It’s Time To Buy A New Car
Financial experts love to say that people should drive a car as long as possible, to ensure that they get the most out of it. After all, every vehicle is a depreciating asset. At a certain point, drivers are unlikely to get much of a return when the car is sold. Might as well drive…
Read More10 Trends Currently Driving The Auto Industry
Few industries are constantly changing as rapidly as the automotive one. Advances in technology, shifting consumer behaviors, and global economies of scale are leading to breakneck change for automakers all over the world. It can be hard to keep up with the advances that are taking place on a sometimes daily basis. Here are 10…
Read More10 Innovations That Forever Changed The Automobile
Cars have not always been the high-tech marvels that we see today. The earliest vehicles produced were archaic by today’s standards and the modern car has literally been built piece-by-piece over more than 100 years. Believe it or not, automotive manufacturers built-up very slowly from primitive models to the adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning…
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