In the case of the Euro NCAP tests, I believe the Mustang was in fact deemed "dangerous", at least to some extent.you're asking for a slippery slope that no true enthusiast wants since all these "advancements" are taking the human driver further and further away from actually controlling their machine (not to mention it only continues to further inflate prices for consumers). The Mustang is not inherently dangerous, Ford isn't to blame here...that issue is more like muscle cars are the cheapest way to get serious power and normally that tends to get more inexperienced & reckless drivers, no different than the Camaro or Vette...
Regardless, all this is tangential, because Toyota already is committed to having TSS standard across the range. And with all the talk about the manual trans and compatibility with AEB and other safety features, I have not heard one person at Toyota even mention the possible removal/forgoing of TSS for the car. The solution is to either figure out if they can get a manual to work with TSS or to go Auto only. Removal of safety systems has never been, and never will be, an option for Toyota. Such is the way of the world!The European variant has seen only those minor updates required to meet European (pedestrian) safety regulation and the Forward Collision Warning system was removed when it was introduced here [...] In the frontal offset test, the airbags of both the driver and passenger inflated insufficiently to properly restrain the occupants. In the full-width frontal test, a lack of rear seatbelt pre-tensioners and load-limiters meant that the rear passenger slid under the seatbelt, implying higher risk at abdominal injuries in real life accidents. In the side impact crash, the head of the 10-year-old dummy contacted the interior trim bottoming out the curtain airbag.
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