Video: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro curtain airbags deploy during donuts
By Brett Davis | August 12th, 2011
The driver and passenger curtain airbags of a 2010/2011 Chevrolet Camaro have spontaneously deployed following a man was attempting to drift the car throughout a driving event in America. The airbags had been actuated following a swift modify of direction at the finish of a slide.
It is not very often that an American V8 sports vehicle decides, on its own, that it no longer wants to take portion in burnouts and drifting, but it seems some muscle cars have a mind of their personal and want to be a bit far more sensible.
Both the driver and passenger had been reportedly fine after the sudden bursts inflated close to their heads, even so, the lady riding in the passenger seat was said to have received minor burns from the explosive nature of the airbag going off.
An official reason for the deployment hasn’t been confirmed, and it is unknown if there is a warning in the terms of use in the owner’s manual for this kind of potentials. Reports suggest it had one thing to do with the accelerometers and sensors employed for the airbags.
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NICB list the Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles for 2010
A new report is out by the National Insurance Crime Bureau. And in that report, it exhibits that American vehicles are creating such a turnaround, that even the thieves are getting their hands on them. Properly, I doubt that is the reason of their study, but the NICB has just released their most up-to-date list for the leading ten most stolen cars for the 2010 year.
According to the research, domestic autos are seeing an upward trend in likelihood to be stolen. For illustration, Ford takes up 3 areas in the most recent study while Dodge will take up two and Chevrolet one particular.
Major the list nonetheless comes to no surprise. The 1994 Honda Accord is the first most stolen auto for 2010, followed by the 1995 Honda Civic and the 1991 Toyota Camry in third.
- 1994 Honda Accord
- 1995 Honda Civic
- 1991 Toyota Camry
- 1999 Chevrolet Pickup (Full Size)
- 1997 Ford F150 Series/Pickup
- 2004 Dodge Ram
- 2000 Dodge Caravan
- 1994 Acura Integra
- 2002 Ford Explorer
- 1999 Ford Taurus
So if you personal any of the automobiles listed on the list, we advise that you take extra methods to make positive your car remains yours. Use typical sense and maintain your auto locked at all times when it’s parked. If you have the income and the signifies, set up an aftermarket anti-theft device or an immobilzer.
2010 Subaru Legacy 3.6R Limited Long-Term Wrap: A Lasting Legacy is Doubtful
[unable to retrieve complete-text content]Our Legacy danced when we desired it to, but shimmied even when we didn’t. Right after our 2010 Subaru Legacy three.6R spent 40,000 miles in our care, Subaru chose not to leave the auto with us. This is, of course, often the case: Suppliers whisk their autos away to poke, prod, and otherwise debrief them on [...]
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2010 Mazdaspeed 3 Long-Term Road Test Wrap: All Ate Up with Torque Steer
BY TONY SWAN, MICHAEL AUSTIN, AND STEVE SPENCE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARC URBANO, JORDAN BROWN, AND PATRICK M. HOEY
June 2011
It is no secret that efficiency ranks quite substantial on the C/D list of valued vehicle attributes. Hustle will cover for fairly a couple of minor sins in our evaluations, and our 40,000-mile experience with this 2010 Mazdaspeed 3 tends to make an exceptional case in point. Though it displayed numerous character traits few would discover acceptable in an ordinary compact car, its boy-racer soul won over even the most vocal of its critics. Most of ’em, anyway.
This is the second generation of Mazda’s scrappy hot hatch, an evolutionary overhaul that entailed a modest menu of detail updates, which includes revised cosmetics and mechanical tweaks aimed at sharpening handling responses and lowering torque steer.
Judging by our test car’s logbook, Mazda’s Speed three team missed the torque-steer target. And the styling updates left us wondering what the style guys have been thinking. Or smoking.
Our Celestial Blue Mica Speed three arrived on December 1, 2009, the threshold of a Michigan season that can make torque steer specifically thrilling. We specified a Speed three Sport (the slightly more high-priced Speed 3 GT trim level disappeared with the onset of the 2010 model year). The base cost was $ 23,945, $ 455 far more than the ’09 gen-1 Sport.
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2010 – 2011 Porsche 911 Recalled For Center Lock Wheel Failure
Porsche, a company run stem to stern with engineering PhDs, is not known for recalls. That’s in part due to the aforementioned engineers, and in part due to their habit of both endurance and normal racing activities. So it’s surprising when a racing-inspired part fails on a Porsche, but that’s exactly what happened. A racing 911 GT3 broke a center locking wheel hub in August 2010 and two other vehicles on the track suffered broken hubs; two of the three issues resulted in crashes. There were no injuries or fatalities reported.
The issue is attributed to advanced wear that is worsened by on-track activities. There have been no reports of the wheels failing on public roads, but that’s not stopping Porsche (and the NHTSA) from recalling 1,702 911s that include the 911 GT2 RS, Porsche 911 GT3, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Porsche 911 Turbo and Porsche 911 Turbo S. To see if your Porsche qualifies, Porsche recommends, “looking at the exterior of the vehicle and by reviewing the list of options installed on the vehicle.”
Porsche has an improved design for the hubs as well as additional instructions for the correct use of the hubs. Owners can contact Porsche at 1-800-767-7234 for more information.
(Photo from our Full Test of the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 )
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Video: 2010 Nissan GT-R With Akrapovic Evolution Exhaust System at Portimao Circuit
Other Events, Supercar News, Tuning News, Videos — By MR on May 25, 2011 at 5:18 pm — No Comments
Third in line after our videos of the BMW E92 M3 and Ferrari 458 Italia is this footage showing you a 2010 Nissan R35 GT-R with the Akrapovic Evolution Exhaust System and carbon fiber tail pipes. The Slovenian exhaust specialist gaves us the option to drive Godzilla at the Autódromo Internacional Algarve near Portimao, Portugal. The result is shown below.
The technican team and R&D department managed to squeeze out an additional 17hp at 6,260rpm and 56Nm at 2,600rpm. With the Evolution exhaust system, the GT-R has an improved elasticity and responsiveness of its engine in the entire rpm range. The Evolution is especially effective between 2,000 and 3,500rpm. The stock exhaust system is 17 kilograms heavier, while Akrapovic’s fully titanium made system weighs only 14,3 kilograms.
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2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart – Long-Term Road Test Wrap-Up
May 23, 2011 at 3:30pm by Jon Yanca
Over 40,000 miles, we never grew to love the taste of Evo Lite.
Date: May 2011
Months in Fleet: 16 months
Current Mileage: 40,026 miles
Average Fuel Economy: 20 mpg
Average Range: 290 miles
Service: $ 1477
Normal Wear: $ 0
Repair: $ 773
When the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and Subaru Impreza WRX first appeared in the U.S. early in the millennium, it wasn’t exactly a fair fight. The 227-hp Subaru started at less than $ 25,000, the 271-hp Evo nearly $ 30,000. Subaru countered the pricier, more powerful Evo with its STI, but it took Mitsubishi until 2009 to challenge the playful, middleweight WRX with the Lancer Ralliart sedan—or Evo Lite, as we call it. Subaru offers WRX buyers both four- and five-door configurations, though, and Mitsu needed one more year to correct this imbalance by introducing the five-door Sportback Ralliart. With that army finally fully assembled, we ordered a Sportback for a 40,000-mile romp.
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