IIHS announces 2017 Top Safety Picks
Arlington, Virginia — December 11, 2016 — The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its 2017 Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ lists. Good or acceptable ratings in the Institute’s new headlight evaluations set the latest crop of qualifiers apart. A total of 38 models earned the “plus” accolade, and 44 earned Top […]
Report: Most pickup headlights not performing adequately
By Mike Davey Arlington, Virginia — October 26, 2016 — Late-model pickup trucks are falling short in the headlight department, according to the latest study conducted by the US-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Honda Ridgeline was the only one large pickup tested by IIHS that is available with “Good” rated headlights. Even […]
IIHS adds three vehicles to Top Safety Pick+ list
Arlington, Virginia — September 26, 2016 — The US-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has recently named three new vehicles to its Top Safety Pick+ list. The three vehicles are the 2017 Chevrolet Volt, the 2017 Cadillac XT5 and the newly introduced Chrysler Pacifica. The Pacifica is the first minivan to earn a 2016 […]
GM recalls 13,950 Chevy Cobalts in Canada
By Mike Davey Toronto, Ontario — August 17, 2015 — General Motors has announced a recall of 73,424 Chevrolet Cobalts in Canada and the US. The recall is due to a wiring issue that may interfere with deployment of the roof-mounted driver side airbag after a collision. The majority of the recalled Cobalts are model […]
Chevy responds to ‘steel vs. aluminum’ ads
By Jeff Sanford Chevrolet is clearly having fun with its new “steel-vs.-aluminum” ad campaign. When asked for comment on the new series of ads, a Chevy PR person got back to us within ten minutes with some interesting stats. Chevy PR was clearly ready for the inquiries. “The full-size trucks market is starting to heat […]
Chevy says Ford F-150 takes longer to repair than Silverado
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 7, 2015 — The gloves are off. Chevrolet’s summer truck marketing campaign is pulling no punches, and the new aluminum Ford F-150 is the target of some very funny commercials that play on the supposed strength of the all-steel Silverado. Is the decision by Ford to go […]
