In Europe, Sweden specifically, there’s a safety exam known as the Moose Test, sometimes called the Elk Test. It aims to ensure a car can sharply perform an s-shaped maneuver to avoid unexpected ...
Subjecting a vehicle to the moose test is a great way to see just how planted, stable and eager to change direction a car is and it usually shows flaws in a vehicle’s handling. The Audi RS E-Tron GT ...
A school bus is probably the last thing you could imagine taking the famous moose test. And yet it happened, and the results will blow your mind. The moose test, despite its peculiar name, is a basic ...
The European-spec Volkswagen Passat Variant has spectacularly failed the ‘moose test’ while being evaluated by KM77. The moose test, designed to determine how a vehicle performs should an obstacle ...
It’s no secret that Porsche makes great handling cars but we don’t always link that ability to safety. A new video demonstrating how the Boxster handles the infamous Moose Test might change that ...
Crash testing a vehicle versus moose scenario might come off as a joke, but if you drive around in Sweden, Canada, the Northern U.S. Europe, Japan (apparently!) or anywhere where Alces alces roam, you ...
We've made no secret of the fact that we like the Ford Mustang Mach-E . It's handsome, reasonably priced, offers good range, plenty of practicality and it's fun to drive. That last quality, though, ...
Last year, Swedish publication Teknikens Värld gave the Toyota RAV4 a failing grade after it showed video of it performing poorly on the so-called moose test. That’s a test that puts a vehicle under ...
Tesla's Model Y is heavier and taller than the Model 3, so one might expect it to struggle in the moose test. However, the Model 3 performed like a champion in the moose test, which raised the bar for ...
The all-new BMW iX, in the entry-level xDrive40 version (which will not be available in the US), equipped with Pirelli PZero Elect 255/50 R21 109/Y tires, performed relatively well in the "moose test.
Sidd started as a freelance writer for TopSpeed back in 2017 and took up a full-time position a year later. 2,100+ articles later, he got into the editorial side of things and is now the sitewide ...
We're no strangers to the famed moose test here. We've seen heavy hybrids fail and compact sports cars pass by the skin of their teeth. But for an electric vehicle, with its low-slung battery pack ...