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Many luxury cars fail to meet new crash test standard

By Consumer Insurance Guide Staff
Many luxury cars fail to meet new crash test standard

Only three out of 11 midsize luxury and near-luxury cars evaluated earneded good or acceptable ratings in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s new small overlap frontal crash test, the latest addition to a suite of tests designed to help consumers pick the safest vehicles. The Acura TL and Volvo S60 earned good ratings, while the Infiniti G earneds acceptable. The Acura TSX, BMW 3 series, Lincoln MKZ and Volkswagen CC earned marginal ratings. The…

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Hot Wheels, Higher Insurance Rates

By Consumer Insurance Guide Staff
Hot Wheels, Higher Insurance Rates

It was a profitable year for BMW, according to 2012 sales reports released to the public from BMW, Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz brand and Toyota Motor Corp’s Lexus lines.  BMW’s sales were up by 13 percent from the previous year, the brand sold 247,907 vehicles in 2011, while Mercedes-Benz sales were also up by 13 percent, having sold 245,231 vehicles last year.  BMW topped both of them and ended Lexus’s 11-year running streak as the best…

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