Nissan offers owners bird's eye view of their car

Nissan has developed a new parking assists system it calls the Around View Monitor, which will offer drivers a bird’s eye view of their car and surroundings in real-time. The set-up uses four ultrawide-angle resolution cameras mounted on the front, sides and rear of the vehicle, which combine to give a complete 360-degree view around the vehicle.
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M35MT - 10/12/2007 12:30:56 PM

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Nissan was also the first to offer a rearview camera, on the 2002 Q45.

montyz81 - 10/12/2007 12:52:15 PM

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yep and it only became a big thing when Lexus offered it on the LS430 one year later. Nissan has had a larger number of firsts that they are not recognized for.

vdiv - 10/12/2007 2:05:50 PM

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that's because Nissan seems to value its engineers and the innovative ideas they bring, even if at times they are a bit odd or crazy, not like some other penny pinching, marketing driven, inspiration depraved, bs companies we all don't like to talk about here.

SVXXX - 10/12/2007 2:34:56 PM

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Well... If they had the engineers and crazy marketing... it would have been even better!

vinsanity - 10/13/2007 12:26:24 AM

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Actually, Lamborghini used to give a rear view camera option in the 90s on the Diablo. I would assume they were the first company to do it.