I've seen dome of their high-tech goodies. The Infiniti has a rear-mounted camera to let you see any objects from behind. They also offer voice commands for radio station and inside temperature settings. Nice but you have to wonder how much it will cost to fix items like this. Yea, I know. If you can afford the car....
OTOH, Nissan provides a heated steering wheel- Like that in the winter.
I would be very happy with a remote starter.
How come very few car companies offer chrome wheels?
When Japanese compete against Japanese, they pull out all the stops. > Their
> product lines look more like sci-fi goodies from the future than
> off-the-shelf stuff you can buy today. I use photographic equipment as a
> prime example. Go to the website:
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> and you will see what I mean. Literally hundreds of super high tech
> cameras and widely differing in approach to a most challenging product > genre.
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> On the other hand, with cars, its not Japs vs Japs; no, its Japs vs > General
> Motors. Or, Ford, or Daimler-Chrysler. Makes no difference because to > all
> the American makers, so long as a car has four wheels and a cup holder, > its
> design is fully developed and ready for production and the showroom. The
> Japanese see no challenge in this arena so they just go along with human
> nature and coast along. Sure, they'll improve the fit and finish or stick
> in a DVD player or some other token advancement in comfort, but there is > no
> fundamental development seen in their range of automotive products. They
> do give an impression, though, of a superior product and are dominating > the
> market to GM's demise. Maybe the foreign mystique has something to do > with
> their very successful commercial appeal.
>
> I predict that after GM collapses, Ford shrivels up, and Daimler-Chrysler
> falls into a boutique niche, it will be one-on-one Budda Head. Then all
> Hell will let loose, just as what has happened with the Fancy-Dan cameras
> will happen to cars and who knows, we might even have Jetson Flying Sedans
> in 10 years' time.
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