Bmw to develop a new navigation system that “learns” the driver’s destination of choice

Can you stop your BMW bashing, please?

BMW would be far better of developing less plasticky and cheap-looking interiors in order to keep up with Audi.

"Can you stop your BMW bashing, please?"

Can everyone, including EL34, Crappy et al. stop all their Asian bashing too?

EL34 don't like them black folk either... thumbs down :(

How many more articles are going to have about how good BMW is and BMW that? We all know that autospies is clearly a BMW Fan.

Why does everyone have to hate? At least they are trying to continue new concepts. They are never standing still, they keep moving. Its good for all of us consumers because we dont have to develop it and some one else will!!! Could any of you develop your own nav system?

sorry to say but BMW don't give a $hit about you. They have the greatest profit margins of almost all makers, they're the greediest automaker out there. They hire top MBAs to learn and implement most effective cost cutting measures (most companies do this but they seem the worst) the 80's interior, flimsy fake leather seats, no spare tire, no dipstick, no decent cup holders, etc are all evidence of this cost cutting at work. Having no spare or dipsticks is no biggy, but when they consistently use the "lowest" bidder for vital components.. it's of more concern... high pressure oil pump failure, e36/e46 subframe failures, double vanos failures, rod bearing failure etc.. are all due to keep components used by BMW to maximize profits. They offer some good products but what they haved morphed into from years past is what I'm being critical of.

Sector, some of what you just said is true, but it's true for EVERYONE. How many businesses try to find the MOST expensive supplier of anything, whether it's paper, cattle, or car parts? Pretty much none. Let's take that a step further - when you bought your last new car, did you go to several places and then buy from the one who gave you the highest price? I doubt it. ALL businesses are out to make a profit, or they wouldn't exist. That includes car manufacturers. Why consumers seem to think all companies in the automotive field should be non-profit organizations is beyond me.

Not only that but some of what you just said doesn't even save them money, it COSTS them money. A dummy spare costs $30. The runflat tires BMW uses on cars that don't have a spare cost 3-10x that. Each. Plus the money to engineer the suspensions around the runflat tires. And a dipstick? They integrated that into the onboard computer. Which do you think is more expensive to design and implement, a metal rod in a tube that leads into the engine? Or a sensor and the corresponding computer coding? Those add cost and complexity to the vehicles, they don't save them anything.

JRob, I'm not arguing reality of razor thin margins of the auto industry, every make does it, it's a business. I just don't agree with how BMW seem to do this so blatantly... yes the runflats do cost more, but that extra cost is already passed on to the customer, and when things go wrong like the run-flat fiasco with OEM Bridgestone's where owners had to dish out thousands for premature wear, bulging, tramlining, sidewall damages etc, it's too much burden to bear. I'm also will to bet that putting a strip sensor and and dash readout is much cheaper than building a mechanical dipsticks, and don't even mention the all the oil sensor problems of earlier BMW models with this feature...

sector, with that runflat fiasco you mentioned, BMW paid 100% for new tires for people who had less than 10k miles on their cars, and they paid 50% for people with less than 20k miles. Considering 30k miles is normal life for those tires (15-20k if they're sport tires), anyone who benefitted from BMW paying all or half to replace them actually came out ahead. I think that's pretty huge of them considering tire problems are the responsibility of the tire manufacturer, not BMW. They stepped up. And again, doing so COST BMW money, it didn't SAVE them anything. Same with the people who had problems with that oil sensor. Warranty claims = cost to BMW, not savings.

More BMWLIES.COM propaganda story, oops sorry, i meant autospies.com propaganda, d'oh!!!

Nice idea, I guess since BMW owners most frequently make visits to stealerships, repair garages, tyre shops etc, gettin' it fixed, this system will intuitively and conveniently lay out all your repair destination needs :)

I see the BMW "hate-a-thon" has begun.

wow thats very sweet... cant wait to see what the engineers at BMW have to rack up

I think technology wise BMW is trying to stand out above the rest.

It's the equivalent of TIVO for your car. Are we getting so lazy that we really need the car to think for us? A novelty item for people who are into gadgets.

I personally think it's a great thing that BMW is working on making their nav systems better. I've owned two BMW's with navi, and have never felt that they lived up to the rest of the car. Sure I got used to them, and even found myself liking how rudimentary they were at times, but truth be told - they need to be upgraded to catch up with other systems on the market.

For a gadget freak like me, this is a very good thing.

Here's an idea: If the car starts learning where you're likely to go next, you've probably been to that place many times and don't need the nav system's help to begin with.

As far as the implementation goes, putting together a neural network or such to support that functionality was something my college roommates and I were doing 15 years ago on a then-old Commodore Amiga. So yes, that's bleeding edge tech. Go BMW!

When these cars come out with a fart tube let me know