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…]
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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…]
Mercedes-Benz has loaded its F 125! concept car with the company’s vision of a telematics infotainment system dubbed @yourCOMAND. Yes, the name for Mercedes foray into cloud-based, in-car media may sound like the name for a Cylon Twitter account – but the seamless merger of a multimedia system into the F 125!’s wrap around styling features not only impressive technology but as evidenced by early pictures is stunning to behold. [click to continue…]