Guys, kindly read properly before making misleading statements.. it's clearly mentioned up there that the incident occurred next to Nurburgring and not on the actual circuit..
Secondly, if this incident between a Japanese high-end luxury sports car and a not so high-end (in fact quite an entry level vehicle by German standards) BMW 3 series is anything to go by, I'd say that the Japanese still have a lot of ground to cover in terms of occupant safety of their vehicles...
BTW the two other men, one of whom got critically injured, were also BMW's test drivers.. One more thing, Toyota's test driver was also their CEO's personal driver.. now thats something very surprising..