Precious Cargo: Updated IIHS overlap test prompts call for better rear seat safety features from OEMs
Toronto, Ontario — As drivers, we typically reserve our vehicle’s second row for our most vulnerable passengers—our children and elders usually—and yet, as the IIHS learned through its newly updated moderate overlap front evaluation, OEMs are missing the mark when it comes to protecting rear seat passengers. Of the 15 small SUVs tested, only the […]
Fortifying the Flanks: Initial results of new side-impact crash test a ‘mixed bag,’ IIHS says
Toronto, Ontario — The IIHS is in the process of putting smaller cars through the crash testing ringer following calls from safety advocates to intensify the side-impact test for such vehicles, referring to the initial results of the new test as a “mixed bag” on Thursday. Of the 11 vehicles put through this revised testing […]