According to a new study, members of Generation Y (those people born between 1980 and 1995) are more likely than Baby Boombers and Gen Xers to embrace the idea of the “connected car”. That’s because they spend a lot of time using the Internet and desire both devices and cars that keep them linked to the outside world while piloting a vehicle. The study comes to us from Deloitte LLP, which based its findings on a survey of several thousand participants from around the world. [click to continue…]
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Only three years after accepting a major government bailout, General Motors Co. has replaced Toyota as the world’s top-selling automotive company. GM recently revealed it had sold just over nine million cars and trucks last year, an increase of 7.6-percent over 2010. Toyota confirmed Wednesday that its world group sales fell below the eight million mark. Toyota’s 6-percent loss in world auto sales in 2011 was General Motors gain. [click to continue…]
We wanted to see the Uconnect Touch 8.4 by Garmin for ourselves, operating inside the nouveau-classic 2012 Dodge Charger. We headed out to Bustard Chrysler at 575 Davenport Road in Waterloo to give the the device a live demonstration. The partnership between Chrysler and Garmin has made the Uconnect Touch 8.4 and 8.4N models the centerpiece of select Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles. We wanted to discover why it earned top billing in a recent J.D. Powers and Associates customer satisfaction survey. [click to continue…]
According to a recent J.D. Powers & Associates survey – new car buyers have a lot of hate for their factory navigation systems. Owners report an average of 3.5 problems with the built-in navigation systems that came with their cars. The worst offenders are those in-dash systems that attempt combine features like navigation, audio and climate control into a single device. But the silver lining seems to be the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) systems by Garmin found in new Chrysler models that sit consistently at the top of the satisfaction survey. [click to continue…]
MOG is a subscription-based online music service that has been adapted to BMW’s ConnectedDrive Apps platform. It’s the first time an Internet radio service has been fully integrated into a car. Just install the MOG app on your iPhone and then plug it into your 2011 ConnectedDrive BMW or MINI with MINI Connection enabled. [click to continue…]