Archive for November, 2008

Honda Insight Hybrid Arriving Spring 2009

Thursday, November 27th, 2008
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., has announced that a new interactive, driver-focused fuel economy enhancement technology named the Ecological Drive...

Original post by Mick Duffy

Honda Insight Hybrid Arriving Sring 2009

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., has announced that a new interactive, driver-focused fuel economy enhancement technology named the Ecological Drive...

Original post by Mick Duffy

Lexus Stages World Debut of All-New RX 450h at Los Angeles Auto Show

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

November 2008 – Los Angeles, CA – Lexus unveiled the all-new, next generation RX 450h hybrid at…

Original post by Mick Duffy

Status Report, Vol. 43, No. 10

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Status Report cover art

Top Safety Pick winners represent 11 of the 12 vehicle categories tested in Institute crashworthiness evaluations

72 winners by vehicle class

Collisions with deer and other animals spike during November, HLDI finds

New school buses must have higher seat backs, and small buses have to have shoulder belts in addition to lap belts under a new federal rule

Motorcyclists died in record numbers in 2007, while deaths in passenger vehicles fell to the lowest toll ever recorded

Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import

72 winners of 2009 Top Safety Pick awards; almost every category from minicar to large pickup has a winner

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

ARLINGTON, VA — Seventy-two vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick award for 2009. This is more than double the number of 2008 recipients and more than 3 times the number of 2007 winners. Top Safety Pick recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, and rear crashes based on good ratings in Institute tests. Winners also have to have electronic stability Read the rest of this entry »