At present, the only way to get a Subaru with the EyeSight drive assist system is with an automatic transmission. However, this will change later this year as the Japanese carmaker has announced the development of EyeSight for manual transmission vehicles, with the BRZ set to be the first model in Japan to get it this fall (from September).
According to Subaru, the EyeSight system for the manual BRZ is based on the existing one already in use in automatic variants. With it comes pre-collision braking (autonomous emergency braking), adaptive cruise control, lane departure and sway warning, lead vehicle start alert and rear sonar warning. These will join blind spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert that are already available for the manual BRZ.
“While retaining its high performance in collision avoidance, collision damage mitigation, and in reducing the driver’s workload, the new EyeSight system is now combined with control tailored to the driving and operating characteristics of manual transmission vehicles. This allows the system to operate in a wide range of real-world situations, providing a high level of driving enjoyment and peace of mind,” the company said in its release.
The features of Subaru’s EyeSight system is reliant on stereo camera technology that sees two colour cameras placed near the rearview mirror that scan the road ahead for unanticipated dangers. Since its debut in 2008, cumulative global sales of Subaru vehicles equipped with EyeSight have reached more than 5.5 million units.
Given the BRZ and the Toyota GR86 are built at Subaru’s Gunma plant, the latter should also receive the same update. The WRX is also another model that should gain EyeSight for manual transmission variants.
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Great for manual car enthusiasts, with a suit of pre collision braking system in place. Making cars safer.
GR Yaris AWD, Manual has Toyota Safety Sense.
GR Corolla AWD also comes standard with TSS 3.0.
Manual with L2 Autonomous Driving and Braking,
it’s still rare.
Great that Subaru is following!
Hmm, why couldn’t they use Toyota’s TSS for manual trans in gr86 and BRZ ?
Hello Proton can make brains lah why so big news this eyes.
AEB for manual gearbox car will stalled the engine, unless there’s a robotic clutch assist ?
the funny thing is, I’d pick the decades old OG 86 compared to this. that dorky look from the classic is unbeatable, even by all these new fancy curves.
this is great news. no compromise now.