The Moose Test is a sudden swerve to avoid a large hazard in the road. The test in this example was performed by a testing representative from Teknikens Värld (YouTube channel) and his summary after seeing the same behavior in this model of Toyota vehicle nine years ago then seeing it again now is Not Good Enough. The vehicle damn nearly rolled and every other test vehicle navigated the Moose Test successfully.
The vehicle is likely pitched as an all 'round utility vehicle with four doors so it's fun for the whole family ... until it rolls over. That Toyota did not detect this prior to the vehicle's release is scandalous in light of a history of this type of failure in the same model of the vehicle.
Given that evidence of their corporate irresponsibility and the demonstration in the video, we rate this one Unsafe at Any Speed.
Sometimes I run a PSA and now because this is just bullshit. It's bad enough when you build a rolling crash cart but this one will probably often carry kids and that puts it into another world of bad news.
Note: 'crash cart' is also a term for the cart which brings all the kit for responding to medical emergencies in hospitals. In the example of the Toyota Hilux, it appears it will be creating the medical emergencies.
The vehicle is likely pitched as an all 'round utility vehicle with four doors so it's fun for the whole family ... until it rolls over. That Toyota did not detect this prior to the vehicle's release is scandalous in light of a history of this type of failure in the same model of the vehicle.
Given that evidence of their corporate irresponsibility and the demonstration in the video, we rate this one Unsafe at Any Speed.
Sometimes I run a PSA and now because this is just bullshit. It's bad enough when you build a rolling crash cart but this one will probably often carry kids and that puts it into another world of bad news.
Note: 'crash cart' is also a term for the cart which brings all the kit for responding to medical emergencies in hospitals. In the example of the Toyota Hilux, it appears it will be creating the medical emergencies.
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