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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. Oldsmobile’s advanced concepts manager Vic Ide (retired 1999) said he wanted the system’s price to be cut to under $1,000 ($1,988 adj.) to have a complete set of Guidestar maps.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

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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. There is also the stunning Precept concept that is slated to appear sometime in the future. A High-Tech Customer Experience.

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