Toyota also revealed that it has came out with a semi-permanent solution - to tie down the floor mats to the driver's seat using plastic zip ties. No doubt it's a practical and cost effective solution. But I am not sure how will those Lexus drivers react when their BMW, Audi and Mercedes buddies look at their new advanced "active safety floor mat retention feature installed."
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I can understand if it's for Proton but for Lexus? They must be joking.
Well, remember when America spend millions to develop a pen for astronaut, what did the Russia use?
PENCIL !!
So, always think out of the BOX & be LEAN.
What is expensive - need not to be good.
What is cheap - need not to be bad
:D :D
TY2LS
BTW, I remembered a friend told me that his Perdana has a cardboard that separated the back seat and the boot. Then I told him that my Vios has only a flimsy "piece of paper" that separated the back seat and the boot, he said that Vios is build with "GOA" safety but Perdana has NOTHING !!
Actually the space pen vs pencil story is just an urband legend. In reality, pencil can never be used in a spacecraft due to fire hazard from wood and danger of a broken lead in floating zero gravity (puncturing suits / damaging equipments). Astronauts / cosmonauts / taikonauts / angkasawan and what not DO use pressurized pen.
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
Anyway I think Spade is making a point particularly on Lexus. So much for all the touted craftmanship and pursuit of perfection - and then you have something being tied down this way.
I didn't know that bit about the Vios. Any idea if it applies to all generations of Vios?
GOA and what not are merely marketing points for models sold in developing markets where they are exempted from rigorous safety standards. GOA doesn't really mean much unless Toyota reveals the exact standards of GOA. Of course at the moment, Toyota's official statement is a very vague - "GOA standards are constantly evolving based on global crash safety standards."
I am not blatantly promoting Honda, though I did an advertorial for them previously, but credit when credit is due, Honda's does reveal the exact speed and tests used by G-CON. As you can see, they match EU and NHTSA standards.
http://autoindustrie.blogspot.com/2009/06/honda-g-con-technology.html
But to be fair, manufacturers also came out with their own "internal standards" because they are no longer allowed to use EuroNCAP ratings in their vehicle marketing anymore. I am not sure of the details but I know the new rule is you can no longer freely put a EuroNCAP rating logo on a brochure or advert. Thus explains another need to have their own standard. Not all manufacturers come out with their own internal standards to hoodwink the public.
BTW, as far as I know to date, no regulation require serious test of rear end collision to rear passengers (only front passenger whiplash is evaluated) though USA have a minor 5mph bumper requirement.
This lack of regulation probably explains why most manufacturers are not really bothered with moving projectiles being torpedoed from the boot into the rear seat.
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