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Sat Nav is going to go the way of the dinosaur. Everyone has a smartphone these days that gets the job done. Anyone competent enough to work a sat nav anyway. The one in my grandpa's Sonata is frustrating as hell.

What I want to see is smartphone/tablet integration.
 
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I think we should skip all this fancy GPS stuff and get around the old school way - four-course radio beacons.
 
Of course. It will be more expensive, and anyway if I wanted a Subaru I surely wouldn't be getting a RWD drive sports car.
 
FR-S and AE86
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Omnis
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This is why Volkswagen/Audi is integrating Android software into their vehicles. It should be pretty jazzy, although they haven't said much about which version of Android they'd be using, or what digital spectrum they're on (I thought it was AT&T, but I may be getting confused with Tesla).

As I recall, doesn't Suzuki offer a GPS system that is removable so you can take it out and "do things," and then plug it back into the dash to go home? Really, its only a matter of time before they do things like that with the iPad.

Or, we just buy the Model S...

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Omnis
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Yeah, until you end-up in a location with no data coverage or take a road trip to Canada, or both.
 
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Handy dandy GPS attachments for iPhones and iPads are super popular in aviation because wireless reception becomes unreliable at a mile above ground.

Of course, I've been a few places where satellite reception is all but impossible to come by. NYC and the Dragon are examples where that is also unreliable, the latter of which doesn't have cell reception either. Thankfully the road only goes one way or the other.
 
GPS transceivers on mobile devices are garbage compared to a good satnav unit (ala Garmin) or even the one on our V-Box. Slow refresh rate and poor signal are problems on most units, but I've used some that have good antennas.

Android/Apple integration is the way to go for future cars. If I recall, Danoff has an Android HU on his Bimmer.

I've been mulling with the idea of making an adapter to mount the Samsung Galaxy Tab to the dash of a car... though I think I've probably been beaten to it, already.

 
GT Limited should've been RE. Red Enough?

Aww, you only get the white tach in GT and up.
 
I'm hoping those 2 giant holes in the dash of the RC are actually covered up when you buy the car and not left like that. The radio I understand but the left hole is a glove box or airbag?
 
Stuff we all know.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/02/toyota-idUSL4E8D21RK20120202

* To be priced from 1.99 mln yen ($26,100) in Japan

* Sales in Japan to start April 6

* To be sold in U.S. as FR-S under Scion brand

* Joint developer Fuji Heavy to sell the car as Subaru BRZ

CHIBA, Japan, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it aims to sell 1,000 of its "86" sports car model per month in Japan, hoping the vehicle will become a symbol of its rebirth as a maker of fun cars after years of being known for reliability and fuel efficiency.

Sales will begin on April 6 in Japan. Toyota will also offer the car in the United States under its youth-oriented Scion brand as the FR-S.

The lightweight 86 was jointly developed by Toyota and Subaru-maker Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd, known for its expertise in horizontally opposed engines.

The much-awaited rear-wheel-drive car -- the brand's first sports car since 2007 -- will cost 1.99 million yen ($26,100) for the lowest grade, 6-speed manual version while the top-of-the-line model will be priced at 3.05 million yen.

Subaru will launch the car as the BRZ under its own brand on Friday, and build the car for both companies at its Gunma factory, north of Tokyo.

The 86 is a tribute to the popular AE86 version of Toyota's Corolla Levin/Sprinter Trueno, which enjoyed a large fan base in the 1980s as a "drift car" and for its affordability.
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