The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducted crash tests to demonstrate that the mismatch of bumpers on cars and SUVs can lead to higher repair costs, despite the bumpers being a car's ...

Vehicle bumpers are a crucial element of each car. They defend the frame of the vehicle from harm during a crash and they lessen the impact to reduce the potential harm to occupants. Moreover, a ...

If you look at the front and rear bumpers on many new cars, you'll notice little squares and circles about the size of potato chips sitting right there in the plastic bumper covers. Don't feel bad if ...

It's a new test pitting SUV bumpers against the bumpers of smaller cars. You might think an SUV would escape virtually unscathed. Well, it turns out that even at low speeds, the price tag can be ...

We’ve all seen this. A full-scale restoration meticulously performed, yet something just isn’t right. Bumper installation and alignment can make or break a restoration. No one wants to see a Camaro ...

IIHS conducted bumper tests on seven small cars to find out how well the bumpers would hold up in the event of a full-width hit at 6 mph, as well as front and rear corner hits at 3 mph. The answer is, ...

As an auto journalist, I get a lot of questions asked of me. "What car should I buy for my ornithologist?" "Why don't cars have good spittoons anymore?" and, the one I get most, "Can I used a canned ...

Joey Gase is a NASCAR driver, but not just any NASCAR driver. On March 30 during the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond, Gase ripped the bumper off of his car after wrecking out of the race and threw it at a ...

Ralph Hanson July 1, 2008 Comment Now! Researchers from America’s Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) have found that the impact from accidents between cars and pickups or SUVs could be ...

Bumpers. Does anybody really give a darn about them? Well, yes, anybody building a race car or a show car gives a darn. Race car builders usually care about weight more than looks, and show car ...