How long will it take?

[nickmccally]

Eh, I'd just GPS my iPhone to the nearest bestbuy and get a new one!

[TheCaptain]

Originally Posted by lil_chef

i also think that systems like Ford Sync need to become standard in vehicles. rather than fiddling with buttons to find my song/ radio station i just simply give the command with my voice.

The new Cadillac's have a voice activated, almost everything. Except HVAC controls. But you still have problems with these, people with heavy accents, or slurr their words, or speak too fast, will never get the thing to run right!

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

It is...The Cobalt's replacement (Cruze) this year will have a standard screen in-dash.

It all just takes time...and money. There's a limit to how much "modern tech" you can put into a car...because it gets expensive...because it's modern. That was the reason they didn't put a push-button start in the Camaro...the sensors, wiring, and computer code would have added cost to the vehicle, and they would have rather allocated that elsewhere rather than raise the base MSRP of the car.

Power locks have only just become pretty standardized. I mean...heh!

Life is about trade-offs, the Auto-Industry deals with that on an even more focused level.

Actually, nav is an option on Cruze...

[nickmccally]

Ford had the camera system on the giugiaro mustang concept.

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Actually, nav is an option on Cruze...

I thought the screen was standard equipment, though? I've never seen a car without one in the dash...I assumed...

Originally Posted by nickmccally

Ford had the camera system on the giugiaro mustang concept.

Many concepts do. The C7 Corvette will implement the system to overcome compromised rearward visibility. You know, that split rear window they're doing...

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

I thought the screen was standard equipment, though? I've never seen a car without one in the dash...I assumed...

Here's one.

[Mr. Wyndham]

Interesting. Thanks, Fen!

[cHaotix]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Here's one.

Hang on, that isn't the Cruze interior is it? Looks awesome.

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by cHaotix

Hang on, that isn't the Cruze interior is it? Looks awesome.

It is indeed the Cruze interior. There are other examples with normal soft-touch plastics on the dash. That particular model has cloth panels.

[AngryAmish]

Originally Posted by lil_chef

where would you put the LCD screens to display the side view image? implemented in either side of the dash board? implemented into a HUD? or just use the nav screen?

Thats a good question. Guess we will have to wait and see exactly how they did it because I have no idea.

[lil_chef]

Originally Posted by TheCaptain

The new Cadillac's have a voice activated, almost everything. Except HVAC controls. But you still have problems with these, people with heavy accents, or slurr their words, or speak too fast, will never get the thing to run right!

teaches people to speak correctly? its the worlds most frustrating english class