GM: Turn-by-turn-navigation standard from 2007 on

GM will make the OnStar-based Turn-by-Turn navigation system standard on a number of 2007 models. First year of this service will be for free, afterwards $299 per year. So use it for three years or longer and you will be able to buy your own nice PNA for this money. Think about it...

Owners of vehicles already equipped with OnStar can also have the service activated through an optional $100 OnStar package upgrade within their first year of use. Turn-by-Turn is considered an "off-board" GPS navigation system because the heavy lifting is done by OnStar advisors and a centrally-managed remote database. Users just push the blue OnStar button, tell a real person where they want to go and voice-guided directions will be pumped through the vehicle's stereo system. It features automatic route corrections and the ability to pick up where it left off after an unscheduled Mountain Dew-induced bathroom break. The system's centrally managed database also continually updates itself with points of interest, so when the main vain needs to be drained again you can call up an OnStar advisor and ask how many miles until the next McDonalds bathroom.

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Source: Autoblog

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