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High-Tech On The Dashboard

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THE AUTOMOTIVE ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY Explosion is taking 3 giant steps forward in the coming model year.

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We’re talking about dashboard controls that combine all the latest techfads.  GPS?  Wait until you see your directions in 3-D.  Music boxes built into 40 Gb hard drives with USB connectors so you can upload your tunes.

And before you ask, yes…text messaging.  Everything is touch-screen controlled, no keyboard to pull your eyes away from the motorcycle pulling out of the side street.

Popular Mechanics has an online review of the dashboard communicators coming out next Spring on Ford, GM and Chrysler models.  First watch the 1.5 minute video on page one to get familiar with them and then read the evaluations on the following pages HERE.

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