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| Audi Q7 is 2008 Top Safety Pick |
 | The Audi Q7 has received the IIHS 2008 Top Safety Pick award. The Audi Q7 received a "good" rating in all three crash tests performed by the IIHS: side impact, offset frontal and rear impact. The Top Safety Pick applies to Audi Q7 SUV's built between December 2007 and 2009 model year.
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| 2008 Chrysler Town Country and Dodge Grand Caravan get IIHS Top Safety Rating |
 | Chrysler announced that the 2008 Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan got the IIHS Top Safety Rating of good in both frontal offset and side crash tests. The 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan and 2008 Chrysler Town & Country managed to receive the IIHS top Rating thanks to around 40 safety features.... More » |
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| Toyota Improves Race Car Safety |
 | Toyota and the FIA Institute have combined their technology to improve the safety of the high-speed race-car accidents. Toyota is using virtual crash test dummies in a computer simulation system, Total Human Model Safety (THUMS), to help it design safer production vehicles. THUMS is a virtual representation... More » |
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| Mercedes C63 AMG DTM Safety Car |
 | Daimler released today the details of the Mercedes C63 AMG Safety Car for the DTM championship. The Mercedes C63 AMG Safety Car is powered by a 6.3 liter V8 engine that develops 336 kW/ 457 hp at 6800 rpm and 600 Nm of torque at 5000 rpm. The Mercedes C63 AMG Safety Car has upgraded brakes, suspension,... More » |
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| 2009 Dodge Journey Safety Rating |
 | Chrysler has released the results of the tests done by the U.S. Government to establish the 2009 Dodge Journey safety rating. In a frontal crash the 2009 Dodge Journey received a 5-star rating for driver and passenger protection. In the side impact the 2009 Dodge Journey also received a 5-star safety... More » |
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| Nissan GT R safety car |
 | Nissan announced today that the Nissan GT-R will be the official safety car for the SUPER GT 2008 series, that will start on March 18. The handover of the Nissan GT R safety car will take place at the Suzuka circuit during the opening of the SUPER GT series. A series of past GT-R racing models will feature... More » |
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| Mercedes SL 63 AMG F1 Safety Car |
 | Mercedes annouinced today that the Mercedes SL 63 AMG will be the official F1 Safety Car for all the races in this season. The Mercedes SL 63 AMG F1 Safety Car is powered by an AMG 6.3-litre V8 engine that develops 386 kW/525 hp and is responsible for a 0 to 100 km/h in 4.6 seconds. The Mercedes SL 63... More » |
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| Toyota Eye Monitor Pre crash Safety System |
 | Toyota announced that it has equipped its Pre-crash Safety System with an Eye Monitor that can determine fi the driver's eyes are properly open. The Toyota Eye Monitor Pre-crash Safety System will be offered at first for the vehicles sold on the Japanese market.
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| BMW Trafficmaster Trackstar |
 | BMW has announced that it has teamed up with Trafficmaster in order to provide an advanced stolen vehicle tracking service - BMW Trafficmaster Trackstar. The BMW Trafficmaster Trackstar offers Smartnav, Safe Speed camera warning and Fleet Director. Smartnav is a concierge service-based navigation system... More » |
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| Caparo T1 Safety |
 | Although the Caparo T1 is one of the most amazing machines of the moment, it had its share of trouble. Many TV shows encountered various problems when testing it. You might remember Jason Plato from Fifth Gear catching fire in one of those vehicles. The Caparo T1 delivers amazing performance, but it... More » |
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| Toyota ITS Safety Technology |
 | The Toyota ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) Safety Technology enables the vehicle to communicate with its surroundings in order to avoid collisions. The Toyota ITS Safety Technology was presented at a media event at TMC's Higashi Fuji Technical Center.
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| 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI IIHS Rating |
 | This year the top street racers got a little older...and wiser - the M3, the STI, the EVO and the GT-R are all new. The street legends are back at full throttle. At first glance we only care about performance, but when we get the NFS playing kid out of our system, we have to think about safety.
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| 2008 BMW X3 and X5 Earn IIHS 2008 Top Safety Pick |
 | The 2008 BMW X3 and the 2008 BMW X5 earned the IIHS Top Safety Pick award for 2008. Both 2008 BMW's, the X3 and the X5 received the highest rating of "Good" for frontal offset, side impact and rear crash protection of passengers.
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| Acura MDX and RDX get IIHS 2008 Top Safety Pick |
 | The IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) awarded the Acura MDX and Acura RDX with its highest honor - the 2008 Top Safety Pick award. This annual award recognizes the car with the best front, side, and rear protection for its occupants.
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| Nissan March 25th Anniversary Models |
 | Nissan announced the launch of three March 25th Anniversary special edition models called Happiness, Plus Safety and KISEKAE. The three Nissan March 25th Anniversary Models come only with special visual features, but no performance upgrades and have a price range between 1,189,650 and 1,566,600 yen.
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| Volvo City Safety |
 | The Volvo City Safety is a new system developed by Volvo that aims to help you avoid collisions with cars and pedestrians. The Volvo City Safety works against low-speed collisions that are so common in urban traffic and in slow-moving traffic queues.
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| BMW Future Safety Systems |
 | BMW has released detailed information on its future projects in the field of safety research and on-board electronics. In the field of driver assistance systems BMW works on projects regarding: an emergency braking system for protecting pedestrians, an intersection assistant system, the wrong-way driver... More » |
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| 2008 Subaru Impreza ANCAP Safety Rating |
 | The ANCAP is the Australian version of the NCAP (New Car Assessment Program) that tests the safety of the new car models on the market.
The 2008 Subaru Impreza received a 5 star (maximum) ANCAP safety rating for the occupants of the car and a 4 star rating for pedestrians.
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| Kia ceed NCAP safety rating |
 | Kia announced the NCAP safety rating for the Kia cee’d.It got the 5 stars.
KIA Press Release:
Kia cee’d wins 5-Star Euro NCAP safety rating
- World-wide unique car with 7-Year Warranty and 5-Star Euro NCAP rating
- Latest results place Kia cee’d among the safest C-segment cars
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| 2008 Honda Accord Safety |
 | The 2008 Honda Accord safety features include: 4-wheel disc Anti-lock Brake System (ABS), Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) and brake assist, Standard Vehicle Stability Assist(VSA) with traction control (Electronic Stability Control), Standard Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS).
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