Kia Spectra gets poor rating in frontal crash test
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Kia Motors Corp.&#39;s &lt;000270.KS&gt; Spectra sedan got the lowest safety rating in a US insurance industry group&#39;s crash tests designed to simulate frontal collisions.
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The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety has released new side-impact crash test results for small sport utility vehicles. The 2005 Honda CRV earned a good rating along with the 2005 Ford Escape.
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A new study of automobile head restraints found that most do not do a good job of protecting passengers from whiplash in low-speed collisions.
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Federal safety officials yesterday released crash test results for the first group of 2005 models, generally awarding high marks but raising concerns about the Ford Focus and the Ford Ranger and similar Mazda B-Series pickup trucks.
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Silicone has been detected in petrol samples taken after complaints by drivers of cars breaking down.
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WASHINGTON -- The difference in bumper height between cars and sport utility vehicles leads to costly accident repairs even after low-speed crashes, an insurance group said yesterday.
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says the Hyundai Elantra tested well only after the company redesigned the airbag system.
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 27--BILOXI --  A wreck that left a Mercedes heavily damaged on westbound Interstate 10 has traffic slowed to a crawl near mile marker 43.
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The 2004 Jaguar X-Type got the worst rating of any midsize sedan in side-impact crash tests conducted by the insurance industry. The X-Type, which starts at $31,000, fared worse
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Vehicles with sensors that can, for example, automatically apply brakes are 41 percent less likely to get into single-vehicle crashes, which account for 60 percent of all fatal crashes, according to government statistics.
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The Kia Spectra, a small sedan, earned an unusual &quot;poor&quot; safety rating in crash-test results set for release today by an insurance group.
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WASHINGTON -- An insurance group says low-speed crashes result in expensive repairs simply because of differences in the bumper height between cars and sport utility vehicles.
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Systems to check for wind were not working properly at the time of Sunday's crash in Thailand, officials say.
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Two dozen 2007 passenger vehicles received top scores in government crash ratings Tuesday under a system that is expected to be revised to offer more meaningful information for car buyers.
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The Kia Spectra is the first vehicle since 2001 to get the insurance industry's worst safety rating in a frontal crash test, according to results released Sunday.
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Observing the image of a faint object that lies close to a star is a demanding task as the object is generally hidden in the glare of the star. Characterising this object, by taking spectra, is an even harder challenge.
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A new series of low-speed crash tests shows that fender benders can be wallet busters.