The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced 19 car and eight SUVs as Top Safety Picks for 2010—far less than the 94 vehicles that earned the accolade for 2009. The IIHS has made the requirements to be named a Top Safety Pick more stringent by adding a roof strength test to measure...

It's the week ending November 6, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. SEMA is not quite over, and many blogs are still highlighting the highly modified vehicles on display there. Leave it to Jalopnik to highlight the highly modified...

Today, Ford introduced an to provide rear passengers with airbag protection. The airbags are concealed within special shoulder belts. Once deployed, the disperse the force over a wider area than a conventional belt, thereby reducing injury risks. Ford points to the benefits for children and the elderly...

Toyota Motor Sales seems to have been too enthusiastic in its response to a recent National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report when it issued a press release Monday stating “No defect exists in vehicles with properly installed floor mats.” Toyota had claimed that NHTSA had completed...

Toyota was strapped in the national hot-seat after a tragic accident in August involving a Lexus ES 350 was blamed on sudden, unintended acceleration. A floor mat from a Lexus RX 400h SUV was wrongly fitted to the sedan and suspected as being a key factor in that incident. Toyota Motor Sales has begun...

It's the week ending October 30, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. First, it's too obvious to forget, but this weekend is Halloween, and there are sure to be lots of kidlets swarming the roads in costume on Saturday evening....

Findings from a federal investigation into the fatal car crash that led to Toyota recalling 3.8 million vehicles point to a possible link between floor mats and accelerator pedal design, according to the Los Angeles Times . The Times reports that analysis by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

Held each year during the third week of October, Teen Driver Safety Week focuses on educating teens about the risks associated with driving and encourages them to drive more safely; this week's focus is intended to help reduce distracted driving. Century Council is supporting the week's goals...

It's the week ending October 16, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. Museums are cool. Car museums are even cooler. But a car museum you can drive through is the coolest thing ever. That's right, in Nanjing, China, you'll be...

Let’s play Automotive Jeopardy. “Driving for $800, Alex.” “This country is one of the few to license drivers at a younger age than the United States.” “What is Zimbabwe?” “Correct.” “Safety for $8000, Alex.” “Drivers of these two age group were involved in about 8,000 of the 39,000 fatal accidents that...