^ well I think he's talking exclusively about the idrive... and they really are supposed to be identical aren't they?

This shows there's been only 1 version of CIC after its introduction in Sept. 08 even up to now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDrive

Since '08, was there an update to it that allowed the newer features such as top/side view cameras, night vision, etc. introduced in the last 2 years or so? Or would those work with an '08 CIC implementation?

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