Safety

With high crash-test and collision-avoidance scores from a major safety 
 group, some versions of the Mazda CX-9 earned a top safety award.

Oregon becomes the first state to offer X as a gender-neutral choice on driver's licenses for those who don't identify as male or female.

While the 2017 Rogue Sport shares a name with the larger Rogue SUV, it does not share its dimensions.

Approximately 1,300 model-year 2017 Volvo XC90 luxury SUVs are being 
 recalled for a micro gas generator.

Approximately 209,000 model-year 2011-12 Dodge Grand Caravan 
 minivans are being recalled to repair wiring in the frontal airbag.

A slew of SUVs have spotty headlight performance, the Insurance Institute 
 for Highway Safety said. Just two out of 37 models had top scores.

Mazda's redesigned CX-5 earned four out of five stars overall in 
 government crash tests — a score that trails several popular SUV rivals.

Approximately 1,400 model-year 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans 
 are being recalled for their diodes.

If preliminary estimates for the first half of 2016 hold, U.S. car thefts will 
 top three-quarters of a million, a nearly 7 percent spike.

Approximately 370 Chrysler Pacifica lowered-floor minivans modified by 
 Vantage Mobility for wheelchair accessibility are being recalled.