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Monday, August 28, 2017

Shopping for a new car? Check out the infotainment system you are getting

You stay connected and stay informed with Infotainment systems. You need to optimize your purchase by getting a decent infotainment system.

We are seeing enormous changes in the infotainment systems by the many vendors catering to the auto lovers. All most all auto vendors have some kind of infotainment system.

Which is better?

Probably the answer will change from year to year and from every any kind of model changes.

These are some of the recent infotainment systems line up and listed by the consumerreports.org in the order of their likeability.

Not included in the listing follows the Jaguar model that has the latest infotainment system which you will find in the conclusion of this posting taken directly from the Jaguar site.

The Standout
Fiat-Chrysler Uconnect 8.4: 70 percent very satisfied

Very Good Systems
Hyundai Blue Link: 63 percent very satisfied
BMW iDrive: 60 percent very satisfied
GM (Chevrolet, Buick, GMC) MyLink/IntelliLink: 57 percent very satisfied
Kia Uvo: 57 percent very satisfied
Audi MMI: 57 percent very satisfied
Lexus Remote Touch: 56 percent very satisfied

Average Systems
Nissan NissanConnect: 54 percent very satisfied
Infiniti Infiniti Connection: 54 percent very satisfied
Volvo Sensus Connect: 52 percent very satisfied
Mercedes-Benz Comand: 51 percent very satisfied
Subaru Starlink: 50 percent very satisfied
Ford MyFord/MyLincoln Touch: 49 percent very satisfied
Mazda Mazda Connect: 49 percent very satisfied
Honda HondaLink/AcuraLink: 49 percent very satisfied

Back to the Drawing Board
Toyota Entune: 44 percent very satisfied
Cadillac Cue: 40 percent very satisfied




This is what Jaguar is pitching:
THE NEW JAGUAR XE: OFFERING ADVANCED CONNECTIVITY
- All-new Jaguar InControl® infotainment system with 8-inch touchscreen*
- InControl Remote™ enables smartphone control of functions such as door unlocking and engine start
- InControl Apps™ allows users to access Apple and Android smartphone apps through the vehicle touchscreen*
- Optional Wi-Fi connectivity for multiple devices
- Optional laser Heads-Up Display combines sharper images with compact, weight-saving design**

Voice recognition:

Voice recognition will always be a problem unless voice-training is carried out even when the user is not aware. Just a few lines of reading some text will not ensure voice-recognition even 60% of the times. Both Cortana and Siri have failed to recognize voice. AI needs lot more turbo-charging before voice recognition becomes a reality.

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Toyota's next Supra car coming in 2018



Toyota had a popular car called Supra and the 1988 model looks like this taken out of a used car site here.
https://www.carsforsale.com/1988-toyota-supra-for-sale-C111466




Toyota's Supra model was quite popular. Supra1988 Specs from the above used car site is shown here.


Toyota produced Supra model info, available from 1979-1998(Toyota Supra Forum here http://www.toyota.com/owners/toyota-forum/supra).

Toyota will be coming out with a new version of Supra in 2018. This is a joint development between Toyota and BMW. Each will see their own named versions of essentially the same car.


The rendering of the image of Supra 2018 shown here came from this site where you can find more details. It will be quite pricey, over $50K.

Supra 2018 features, aluminum and carbon fiber used for chassis; has dimensions-
117 inches long, 72 inches wide and 52 inches tall with
6 Cylinder Hybrid with Toyota's electric  motor and HPs between 335 to 473.

The same car with some modifications may come on sale as BMW Z4