The 2007 BMW 5 series will offer night vision for $2,200. So-called precrash systems are available in the Lexus LS and IS, Acura RL, Infiniti QX56 and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. They use radar and ...

Lexus’ Advanced Pre-Crash Safety (A-PCS) system can help save pedestrian lives, as was proven by the recent ADAC Active Pedestrian Protection test. The test showed that the Lexus A-PCS can avoid ...

A new pre-crash safety system prototype developed by ZF uses an external side airbag deployed milliseconds before a collision. It provides an additional lateral crumple zone, which can help save ...

BMW was already planning on sending its all-new 2011 5 Series for European crash testing, but the automaker used the test to showcase just how much the car's new crash avoidance system helps ...

Initial products, such as the auto-parking and vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems, will debut in Japan and later migrate to other markets, including the U.S. Others, including two precrash ...

The auto-parking and vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems will debut in Japan and migrate to other markets, including the U.S. Other technologies, including two new precrash braking packages ...

Instead of the millimeter radar–based system on current Toyota models ... all of which currently offer speed-reducing pre-crash setups. It is likely that some pricier Lexus models—such ...

Just ask Toyota. It's developed a new pre-crash system that will automatically take control of the steering wheel, veering the car away from a collision if it isn't able to stop before an impact.

The front and rear-side precrash safety system uses millimeter-wave radar to detect objects moving into the vehicle's path. The system then warns the driver by sound or indicator. If the crash is ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it has improved its precrash safety system by adding a driver-monitoring function that warns of an imminent collision when the driver is not looking straight ahead.

FHI (Fuji Heavy Industries) in May launched one such system, Eyesight, in a model-year 2009 Subaru Legacy. Eyesight uses stereo cameras to enable a precrash brake, which decreases damages from a crash ...