DETROITDETROIT — None of the six most-popular midsize sedans earned a top rating in bumper safety in the latest crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The Mazda 6 was the ...

Minivans are ideal family haulers. But they could haul away a chunk of money after a tiny tap of an accident. So anyone concerned about the family budget — and who isn’t these days — should take note ...

While technology in new cars can help keep you safer on the road, it can drive up repair costs by thousands of dollars, a new study shows. Rates.ca, a financial rate comparison site, compared the ...

Simple bumper dings now require expensive sensor recalibration. The automotive past is often recalled fondly. A fender bender was a nuisance, certainly, but the required repair was relatively ...

Chrome bumpers made a quick exit from the automotive scene in the late '80s. In their place are elaborate, but flimsy, plastic covers hiding stamped-steel impact beams with a wide swath of Styrofoam ...

One of the defining characteristics of the later C3 Corvettes is the molded bumper cover. In fact, the move away from traditional chrome in favor of molded urethane proved to be a major change, one ...