Send to a friendTom August 31st, 2006 7:42 AM Link
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2007 Mini To Be Available With iDrive
Written By: Chris Paukert
Maybe a paucity of buttonry is part of the new Mini’s weight saving effort.
Photos and details on the runabout’s interior continue to creep out, including news of the inclusion of a BMW iDrive-derived controller on models fitted with optional satellite-navigation.
Instead of BMW’s metallic porkpie hat, the Mini receives a joystick-like appendage behind the gearshift. The main menu apparently offers “entertainment,” “communication,” and “navigation,” along with a link for system settings. Climate controls appear to have been left alone. For GUI-phobic consumers, the new system will offer voice command, which is good news for those who have yet to wrap their arms around any of the single-point interfaces now available.
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christoph September 11th, 2006 9:57 AM Link
If it is anything like the iDrive then it is useless.
Winding Road » Archive » WR Exclusive: No iDrive For 2007 Mini!! September 29th, 2006 5:47 PM Link
[…] Over some solid food and drink at a hipper-than-thou restaurant with a number of Mini execs after a long day at the show, WINDING ROAD managed to pry loose the fact that (contrary to early reports) the next-generation Mini will not feature BMW’s love/hate iDrive multi-function controller in any, way, shape or form. […]
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