We Watched Subaru Crash the 2019 Ascent

A few years ago, me and some of my friends were sitting around when Subaru’s then-new ad campaign came on the TV, which included an ad entitled ‘They Lived’.

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The Headlights on Your SUV Are Probably Terrible

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has revealed more than half of midsize SUV headlights are rated marginal or poor.

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2016 Honda Pilot Earns Top Safety Pick+ From IIHS

Honda’s all-new 2016 Pilot crossover just earned a Top Safety Pick+ score from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the highest grade awarded by this organization.

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Top 10 Safest Compact Cars

In decades past you pretty much had to buy a Volvo if you wanted superior safety but that’s no longer the case.

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What It's Like to Watch a Crash Test

It’s not all wheel drive, it’s not boxer engines and it isn’t rally racing that Subaru puts atop its priority list.

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Small Overlap Test Switches Sides for Certain Cars

Manufacturers are catching up with the small overlap test that tanked ratings for so many vehicles in 2012, but that success might be short-lived.

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IIHS Releases List of Top-Rated Booster Seats

Things keep getting safer for children. In the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) latest round of booster-seat tests 27 newly designed chairs were rated “Best Bet,” the top score available.

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What Are IIHS Ratings?

Sometimes safety takes a back seat to horsepower, vehicle design and luxury amenities but when you’re in a crash it’s really the only thing that matters.

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2015 Jetta Earns Top Safety Pick+ Rating From IIHS

Volkswagen’s popular Jetta sedan just earned Top Safety Pick+ honors from the Insurance Institute for Highway safety.

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2014 Ford C-Max Hybrid Named IIHS Top Safety Pick

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has named the 2014 Ford C-Max Hybrid a Top Safety Pick.

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Why Rear-Drive Cars Struggle in Small Overlap Test

The Insurance Institute for Highway’s Safety’s (IIHS) small-overlap test is one of the hardest crash evaluations for a vehicle to pass, and interestingly, rear-wheel-drive models have a much more difficult time doing well for several reasons.

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BMW 2 Series Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus

The BMW 2 Series is the first BMW model to achieve a “good” rating in the IIHS small overlap front crash test.

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Autobrake Systems Score High in IIHS Testing

Technology is helping vehicles achieve better ratings on the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s front crash prevention test.

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Booster-Seat Safety Continues to Improve
The folks at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) have just released the results of their latest evaluation. They put 31 child booster seats to the test to find out which ones do the best job of protecting youngsters in crashes.

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High Unemployment to Blame for Drop in Teen Driving
It’s a commonly held belief that young people are not interested in cars. As the narrative goes, they’d rather rely on public transportation and play with their iPhones than drive. But a new study released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Highway Loss Data Institute tells a different story.

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