The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety will toughen safety standards for its coveted Top Safety Pick awards, the insurance-funded group announced Wednesday. But those standards include pricier equipment, such as LED headlights, that cost more for new car shoppers. “We’re...

The U. S. government's road safety agency is investigating complaints that the Nissan Rogue's automatic emergency braking can turn on when no obstacle is in the way. The probe covers about 554,000 Rogue small SUVs from the 2017 and 2018...

There are currently zero fully autonomous vehicles on the road today. But a lot of automakers are pushing out semi-autonomous functionality that ranges from adaptive cruise control to full-on hands-off-the-wheel in-lane cruising. We’ve tested a few of these systems, and...

A U. S. auto safety group wants the government to investigate automatic emergency braking on some Nissan Rogue SUVs, alleging that the safety feature makes the vehicles brake even when there's no emergency. The nonprofit Center for Auto Safety filed...

The BMW X1 didn't even appear to slow down as it barreled toward a dummy on the IIHS' test track in Virginia. With a pop, the small crossover SUV plowed into the dummy, launching it into the air. Nine of...

Nissan did not make drastic changes to the Murano for 2019. That’s not a bad thing. In fact, what the automaker didn’t change is almost as important as what it did. The 3. 5-liter V-6 engine is the same as...

More new vehicles than ever offer headlights that create safer situations at night, but the IIHS found consumers will often have to pay more better visibility. A study from the insurance industry-funded independent safety body found 32 new cars and...

The all-new 2018 Kicks marks the sixth utility vehicle in the Nissan lineup. It is the smallest and least expensive of the utilities and falls under the Rogue Sport, which was introduced last year.Nissan is targeting a younger audience that...