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A navigation system is one of the most popular options given to a customer when buying a car. Have you ever wondered how the BMW’s navigation system compares to other cars?
Well, BMW’s US$2,100 navigation system offered for their 3 Series fleet. It adds a traffic display and BMW iDrive system with a lot of shortcut buttons. Kicking tires puts the BMW 3 Series navigation system into the test and comparison. Here is an excerpt of their review:
On Wednesday, we laid out plans to take several navigation systems — the pricey factory systems in an Acura TSX, a BMW 3 Series and an Infiniti G37, plus a $180 handheld Garmin Nuvi 255W — and see how they dealt with a range of simple and challenging routes. We started easy, then threw in everything from pit stops and missed exits to recently constructed highways and brand-new housing developments.
The results were illuminating. By day’s end, each of the systems had stumbled at least once. But when we tallied the evaluation, BMW’s Harman-supplied system won the day.
The Winner: BMW 3 Series
All four systems took recently completed sections of the I-355, and all four found a new subdivision in Plainfield, Ill., though the BMW’s showed a few more roads than the others. In the end, the 3 Series’ system put us on the most expedient routes, even lopping off some time at the end. After a rough start, it completed the evaluation with few of the G37’s wrong-headed instructions and none of the smaller routing issues the TSX and Garmin incurred. It’s not the cheapest or most feature-packed system, but for simply getting the job done, BMW’s system won the day.
Source: Kicking Tires
