Ford’s Super Duty trucks are popular among consumers who use it for work or just because they love to ride around in a vehicle that towers over everyone else on the road. Unfortunately the trucks are also becoming quite popular to smugglers and traffickers who ‘work hard’ at bringing drugs and trafficking people in and out of the country.
Cadillac is celebrating this week after its CTS was placed on the list for IIHS’ Top Safety Picks for 2008. It seems that the awards keep rolling in and haven’t stopped since its release last year. The IIHS did a number of tests on how well it did in rear crashes, front crashes, side crashes, and how well it did with the control of its electronic stability. Also on the list was Volvo’s S80, Saab’s 9-3, Audi’s A4, and A6.
A team at Purdue University recently developed a new type of “smart” tire with the ability to sense damage when a tire goes flat or loses treads. This latest development in tire technology has the potential of greatly increasing highway safety.
Ouch, that’s gotta suck. General Motors annonced earlier today that it was recalling 313,000 passenger cars and crossover vehicles in an effort prevent the driver from potentially losing control due to rear axle pinion seal that’s prone to leaking.