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Originally Posted by Fredo
It's almost obligatory to have SatNav in the Uk.....at least if you want to be able to sell your car afterwards. Non Sat Nav equipped cars would be sold for almost a bigger discount second hand than it costs to spec it on a new car.
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Not so in the U.S. Here's an article from USA Today:
....navigation isn't worth much in a used vehicle:
•Used-car buyers are looking for bargains, not technology, says James Clark, senior manager of consulting for ALG.
Clark's example: A high-end 2007 Acura TSX sedan should be worth 55% after three years without navigation, 53% with. The $2,000 navigation option winds up adding no more than $600 to the value of the 3-year-old car, he says.
"Navigation could be like cellphones built into cars in the '70s and '80s; those big, blocky phones that nobody has now. Everybody has a small, personal cellphone," says John Krafcik, vice president for product development at Hyundai Motor America.