Safety

Is the 2017 Mustang V8 safe enough to buy?

By Graham Smith · 10 Mar 2017

I'm looking at buying a 2017 Ford Mustang V8. EuroNCAP gave it 2 stars due to lack of safety functions such as lane changing and AEB etc. These items are not important to us but what is, is the fact that both the driver and front passenger airbags didn't deploy/inflate properly and the driver hit the steering wheel and passenger the dash. Ford isn't addressing the airbag issue and it makes us wonder if this is still a safe car to drive if the airbags don't work properly. Your thoughts?

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Wikileaks CIA car hack assassination plans

By Andrew Chesterton · 08 Mar 2017

The CIA was investigating ways to take over your car's on-board computer

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Toyota C-HR offers five-star safety

By Robbie Wallis · 01 Mar 2017

The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) has awarded Toyota's C-HR a maximum five-star safety rating, which coincides with the new model arriving in local showrooms this week.

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Takata cops a guilty plea

By Tim Nicholson · 28 Feb 2017

Allegations made that a number of car manufacturers were like Honda well aware of dangerous airbag inflators.

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Scores differ between Escape and Mustang despite neither having AEB

By Daniel Cotterill · 27 Feb 2017

Ford Australia is pointing to inconsistencies in the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP)

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Mazda recall 2, 3 and 6 for moving seat issue

By Justin Hilliard · 22 Feb 2017

Mazda Australia has issued a national recall for 124,686 examples of its last-generation Mazda2, Mazda3 and Mazda6 models which were sold between September 2007 and March 2012.

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Big week of recalls affects multiple brands

By Tung Nguyen · 15 Feb 2017

The Lamborghini Aventador was one of the vehicles affected by the latest set of recalls

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Industry hits back at cheap insurance repairs

By Ian Porter · 14 Feb 2017

According to the FCAI, the fake parts used on a VF Commodore test car suffered “catastrophic failures or sustained wear”.

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Mazda scores a high-five for hardtop MX-5

By Robbie Wallis · 07 Feb 2017

The Mazda MX-5 RF achieved the same safety rating as its soft-top sibling that was tested in June 2016.

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Jaguar XF and Renault Trafic recalled

By Tung Nguyen · 07 Feb 2017

Jaguar Land Rover Australia has recalled 642 examples of its XF luxury sedan, while Renault Australia has called back 1472 light-commercial Trafic vans.

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