But it's now common for non-luxury cars to include features such as forward-collision warning with emergency autonomous braking and adaptive cruise control with full stop and go. Luxury brands have always had an edge by offering the latest advanced safety tech. Mercedes Unveils 'Generation EQ' Electric Concept But if you don't pay Mercedes-Benz for connectivity, the cloud content goes away. The mbrace2 system I tested in a 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 included Google and Yelp for local search, Facebook feeds, and other cloud-based content. The luxury brand would be better off just ditching Remote Touch in favor of the practical and more user-friendly touch-screen interface used in several Toyota vehicles.īut at least Lexus and Toyota both have smartphone-based connectivity for streaming music and other content that doesn't require a subscription. Lexus's UX is also disappointing, particularly because that company has inluded "touch" controllers since 2010, and has yet to make them user-friendly. While the vehicle has a large 12.3-inch screen that's logically laid out, the mouse-like Remote Touch controller makes getting around within it and selecting items, especially smaller ones, very challenging. Out of Touch BMW's iDrive and the Mercedes-Benz Comand interface are notably problematic (one recent and egregious example being the Remote Touch system in the 2016 Lexus RX 350).
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