1. A method for testing and evaluating a response of an automotive radar system for a specific automotive safety scenario, wherein the method comprises: arranging at least one automotive radar in a hardware in the loop setup, generating a simulated reflected radar signature corresponding to at least one virtual target in a specific virtual scenario, receiving the simulated signature by the at least one automotive radar, evaluating a response of the automotive radar system by comparing an output from the automotive radar system with an expected output based on the simulated target signature, displaying one or more of: error in velocity, error in distance, misdetection of the at least one target and false alarms, wherein the generated simulated reflected radar signature corresponding to at least one virtual target in a specific virtual scenario is generated from one or more of: a pre-recorded real reflected radar signature from at least one real target in a specific real scenario, an analytical representation of a radar target signature from at least one target in a specific virtual scenario.