A new car speaking to its driver no longer feels remarkable. Navigation systems issue directions, safety assistants complain about lane markings and voice controls wait patiently for somebody to remem
There was a time when getting lost required some commitment. A driver would unfold a road map across the steering wheel, locate two towns that appeared to be printed directly on top of one another, th
A dashboard without a radio now looks unfinished. Even the most basic car is expected to provide music, news and something to fill the silence when traffic has stopped moving but the clock has not.
The old-fashioned car antenna made no attempt to hide what it was. It was a long metal whip sticking proudly out of a fender, ready to catch radio stations, snag a car-wash brush or disappear overnigh
Set the cruise control to 70 mph and glance at the navigation screen. It may insist the car is traveling at 67. Increase the cruise setting to 71. GPS grudgingly moves to 68. The two displays can sp
Used-car listings make everything sound cleaner than it really is. The trim is right there. The features are listed. The price looks more or less in line with the other cars you have been watching
BMW tried it first at scale, and the internet went nuclear. In 2022, BMW began offering heated seats as a subscription service in some markets: a feature physically installed in the car, hardware
The Suzuki Every is one of those vehicles that would probably make a lot of sense in crowded cities outside Japan, yet hardly anyone gets the chance to buy one. It’s tiny, boxy, slow, and absolu
Remember when you bought a car and everything in it just worked? You paid for the vehicle, drove it home, and every button, knob, and feature was yours. No monthly fees. No "premium tier" to
Nobody really thinks of a car as a computer until it starts acting like one. It unlocks from an app. It gets updates while parked. It remembers routes, phones, settings, payments, sometimes even wh