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Nissan taunts Toyota in new commercial

Published on August 31, 2010 in Fun Stuff. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

In it’s “Innovation for All” series of commercials, Nissan is underhandedly going after Toyota.  Although the automaker says it is not targeting one specific rival, it’s pretty clear to me that they have Toyota in their sights with this one.  The commercial shows a Nissan vehicle coming to a stop.  On a dime.  And the voice-over is telling us all about Nissan’s brake override system, and how they started installing it on cars 6 years ago.  Video after the jump.

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GM to Equip all Vehicles with Brake Override by 2012

Published on April 7, 2010 in Manufacturer Update. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Hot on the heels of the NHTSA’s announcement that they’re investigating 6.2 million GM vehicles for brake failures, GM has announced that they’re going to be fitting every vehicle to roll of their assembly lines with a brake override system.  Most recently talked about by Toyota, a brake override system gives priority to the brake pedal in whether to accelerate or decelerate a vehicle.  GM calls theirs a “smart pedal” and says they’ll have it in all of their vehicles by 2012.  At least someone’s learning from the whole Toyota debacle.

by John Suit

Source: General Motors

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Consumer Reports tests Brake Override

Published on March 25, 2010 in General. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Consumer Reports has a new video they’ve produced, showing the before and after for brake override systems, and it’s eye-opening.  They took a new Toyota Avalon (pre recall) and a Toyota Camry (post recall) and tested them, comparing their results to previous test results on the corresponding vehicles.  Click past the jump for the video and my analysis.

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