Vauxhall Cars Article

You’ve Worked hard enough. Now it’s our turn. Stress-relieving comfort in the new Sports Cars A driving environment which allows you to concentrate on the task in had is not just a luxury, it is also a major safety feature. It all starts with the well-designed driver’s area: the new dashboard is horizontally structured and positioned higher than in the predecessor model. The three-tube instrument cluster is situated in the driver’s immediate dield of vision and provides information about key operating parameters. Depending on the equipment verion, you can use the buttons or D-pads on the multifunction steering wheel. And with the optional KEYLESS-GO function, you can drive off without even having to turn an ignition key. A comfortable traveling environment comes courtesy of the THERMATIC two-zone automatic climate control which is fitted as standard in the new Sports Cars. As an option, you can specify the THERMOTRONIC three-zone luxury automatic climate control which allows the temperature of the rear section of the passenger cabin to be set independently as well. This is where things really start to get simple! The ultimate in user-friendly control technology: The new COMAND APS multimedia navigation system Available as an option, the COMAND APS control and display system combines audio, telephone and navigation system control in a single unit. With its newly developed interface, COMAND APS is now more intelligent and user-friendly then ever-despite having considerably extended functionality. The pivoting 7-inch display with new graphic elements and colours is now at the same level as the instrument cluster and is therefore ideally positioned in the driver’s field of vision. COMAND APS can be controlled either via an input array in the centre console or via the controller which falls conveniently to had in front of the armrest. Moreover, all key function can now also be called up by means of a voice recognition function: the destination input section of the navigation system has whole-word recognition capability for all place names and road names, a stored telephone number can be dialed simply by saying the name associated with it and if you wish the system will even read out your SMS messages. Bluetooth functionality Is also intergrated to allow safe hands-free mobile phone operation and the DVD player is compatible not only with video and audio DVDs, but with CDs and MP3 files, too Over 500 MP3 music tracks can be stored on the hard disc of the navigation system.