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BMW Wants to Turn Your Heated Seats Into a Subscription Service
Features like remote start or adaptive cruise control are also on the list of potential pay-per-month features.
Infotainment System Winners and Losers – The Short List
Here’s what the AutoGuide.com Editors think are the best and worst infotainment systems today.
BMW Shows Off its Snazzy New Digital Instrument Display
Looking pretty slick.
Top 10 Infotainment Systems
That interactive screen found in most new cars has significant impact on purchase decisions, meaning new car buyers want a system that is responsive, pretty and easy to use. We’ve decided to rank our experiences with the infotainment systems offered by major auto makers. We’ll start with an honorable mention: We’d love to include the…
BMW Debuts New iDrive Controller
Towards the end of May, we got a sneak preview of the new iDrive Controller BMW was working on, featuring a touchpad that would ideally make navigating the infotainment system’s menus a lot easier.
Are German Cars Reliable? The Myth of “German Engineering”
There are a lot of car stereotypes out there, like that Toyota builds dull appliances. While true on many fronts, the Japanese automaker does also make exciting sporty cars like the Scion FR-S, and Lexus LFA, both praised for their exhilarating rides, edgy styling and pulse-raising performance. But there’s another stereotype that needs to be…
Read Emails In-Car with BMW, BlackBerry, and Bluetooth [video]
A few years ago, I was opining that in-car technology was pitiful and useless — mostly because I had no way to connect my iPod to a car stereo — before the days of AUX-in and USB connections BMW and BlackBerry seem to have waded into the next generation of in-car apps with their latest…
