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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today released its top safety picks for 2009. The reward is given to vehicles that
do the best job of protecting people in front, side, and rear crashes based on good ratings in Institute tests. Winners also have to have electronic stability control (ESC), which research shows significantly reduces crash [...]

According to CNNMoney.com, Consumer Reports just rolled out its reliability ratings on some 2007 models. Among 47 most reliable vehicles, 6 are from US auto makers (3 from Ford, 3 from GM, none from Chrysler), continuing the recent trend of making reliable cars (building reliable, fuel efficient cars, or at least “relevant” ones, is the [...]