Posts Tagged ‘crash test’

Volvo electric car demo ends in disaster

January 29th, 2011 by Farce | No Comments | Filed in News

A safety demonstration of a new Volvo electric car ends in disaster at the Detroit motor show after the driver plugs in his iPod for a quick charge.

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Toyota gain A* crash test

November 26th, 2009 by Farce | No Comments | Filed in News

After being bitterly disappointed by the three stars awarded in the recent Euro NCAP safety test for their new Urban Cruiser, Toyota take little comfort in being told that the 58% mark received in the test would be the equivalent of gaining an A* in a current GCSE examination.

Toyota Urban Cruiser Euro NCAP

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Tata Nano comes a Cropper

September 18th, 2009 by Farce | 1 Comment | Filed in News

The first test drives of the new Tata Nano get off to a bad start as Autocar‘s Steve Cropley (far left) explains how he swerved to avoid a Maruti Swift carrying 18 people as he left the car park.

Croppers-Nano-Crash

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