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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

Acura followed with hard drive navigation in the 1996 3.5 A very novel idea at the time, Guidestar was technology consumers had never seen previously. Additionally, portable offerings like Garmin came to market and would continually undercut the cost of in-car navigation packages. to have a complete set of Guidestar maps.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

If you’re thinking, “this sounds like a Swedish Tesla,” you’re getting the idea. Lexus, Infiniti and Acura are all promising EVs, but most of those don’t even have target introduction dates. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership.

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VW ID.4 EV tax credit; Subaru Solterra update; Macan, Prologue, and ZDX pricing: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

The 2024 Acura ZDX was also given a price. As the first fully electric model from the Honda luxury brand, with a recently announced starting price around $64,850, it unexpectedly costs thousands more than its close platform-mate, the Cadillac Lyriq. range —for sedans, on the platform. population.