Jaguar Land Rover To Add Apple CarPlay And Android Auto Compatibility
Jaguar and Land Rover owners who use an iPhone or Android mobile device are in for a treat. Support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is coming their way. 280. The addition of native smartphone connectivity is welcome, however, the cost will undoubtedly raise a few eyebrows. Existing owners will also have the option to retrofit their vehicle through a software update. Currently, Jaguar Land Rover uses its proprietary InControl system. The automotive brand also struck a deal with BlackBerry earlier this year where JLR would license the technology company's software for its vehicles. It's unclear whether the introduction of CarPlay and Android Auto will affect JLR's agreement with BlackBerry. JLR is one of the last high-volume manufacturers to add support for CarPlay and Android Auto to its lineup. Earlier this month, it was reported that Toyota is considering Android Auto after introducing CarPlay. The Japanese automaker previously cited privacy concerns with Google's system. Mazda also ended its resistance by adopting both, starting with the 2018 Mazda6. With more consumers demanding smartphone mirroring capability, carmakers are unable to ignore these two solutions. Manufacturer systems have been repeatedly criticized for being distracting and difficult to use, especially when driving. Replacing touchscreens with dials and touchpads has only amounted to more frustration amongst drivers.
Wouldn鈥檛 Mercedes impress its customers more if it invested less on its Frankfurt show edifice, and more on making its replacement parts affordable? I fear that Frankfurt and other colossal shows featuring stands the size of small countries are unsustainable. They鈥檝e become just too fat and too expensive for some manufacturers. As a motor show aficionado I say make them smaller, cosier, more humble and less expensive - for companies to exhibit, and for members of the public to attend. Oh, and one last thing: why, oh, why do the German giants and other huge corporations with more money than sense stick so rigidly to the decades-old formula of static displays at shows? In the outdoor arenas alongside the echoey Frankfurt show barns, Jaguar Land Rover and one or two other manufacturers had exciting cars being driven in anger. Good on them. And shame on the other firms who parked up their cars on their multi-million stands in the hope that this was enough. Do you think motor shows should be trimmed down? Or is it a case of 鈥榯he bigger the better鈥? Tell us what you think!
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The new Land Rover Defender is officially here, and the hot takes have been rolling in. Automotive outlets have generally been positive, but they鈥檙e bound by at least a semblance of journalistic ethics. The public, or at least the social-media-using public, are not bound by such constraints. Of course, almost all of the people commenting on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc. haven鈥檛 driven the new Defender yet. And chances are many of them haven鈥檛 read through the all the specs yet (though, to be fair, there鈥檚 a lot to digest). Much of the initial response is about one thing: the exterior design. While that might seem superficial in other cases, we aren鈥檛 talking about books here. We鈥檙e talking about automobiles, which live and die by their lines 鈥?and the redesigned Defender, more than most modern vehicles, had a greater chance of dying. As Adventure Journal rightly puts it, 鈥淭he looks of this new one will be polarizing.
Mazda's design philosophy is just artful, a HUGE contrast to BMW's design ethos. Seriously, glowing giant grilles? As a driving enthusiast, BMW is doing all sorts of wrong these days. It be great if Mazda comes up with an inline-6 RWD sedan/coupe. Don't even need turbo as long as it's light and agile. Again something Mazda is generally good at. Want to, but doubt it. I agree 100%. I had 4 FDs, 2 FBs and one RX-8. None of them have left me stranded on the side of the road. My BMWs have (my current M4 just did at 5400 miles). My 2nd FD had 220k miles on the original engine before it was torn down for a porting not because it failed. What did I do to them, maintain them regularly and didn鈥檛 abuse them. Drove them every day because they were my daily drivers. Now do I think Mazda should bring the rotary back? No. The RX-8 killed most of the rotary engine nostalgia with new comers and I think it will hurt sales. Mazda does need to bring something to fill that hole though.
