Looks like I predicted the NCAP results correctly:
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...39#post3502239
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Originally Posted by Decep
Wow. Stupidly weighted test.
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NCAP results have been weighted like this for years at this point. The bad of the NCAP system however is their star system will not take into consideration cars that crash tested long before their new standards, so lets just say Subaru sold the old BRZ and the new one at the same time...the old one was tested in 2012 and was a 5 star rated car...it will keep its 5 star rating until the end of time. The new one however is tested with 2022's standards which are radically different, hence its 2 star rating. If you look at the actual crash testing performance, it did very good even with updated crash testing methods. However because the MT has basically zero automated driving aids, it massively fails that section of the test.
There lies the problem, someone who knows very little about the nuances between 2012's test and 2022's, doesn't actually look at the report itself and just looks at the star rating is going to conclude very wrongly that the new BRZ is much less safe than the old one. What a world of difference after all, 5/5 vs 2/5, one is perfect and the other a total fail.