When will autopark be available (see pictures)

[X5Jay]

Originally Posted by marcx5

this sounds like a useful feature. it is ridiculous that bmw thinks that europe needs this and not the USA?? they did the same thing with the rear fog light.... do they think we don't have fog in the USA???

I think caddies have had this since the 60s...

[Gilles]

The AUTO BREAK PARK Button is also on that Picture.




Did somebody got it on its new E70 ? Why ?

[xnsf]

where did you get the picture?

[Gilles]

From this big Picture .


From a Test Drive or Official BMW Picture ( I don't remember ) .

The First Picture og that Thread come the BMW training Documention for US Dealers.

[Laurence]

I thought Auto Park was this:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...63549959101035

[Gilles]

This is auto Parallel Park and the other one (on the Picture) is Auto Break Park . It is available today on the 7 serie.

[X5 Guy]

The larger button is the electronic parking brake. The one identifed next to it is an option "Auto Park" and is not yet available. From my understanding... the Auto Park option prevents the vehicle from rolling when your foor of off the brake and you are not accellerating. It activates when you come to a stop. Good for stop and go traffic.

[Blue Mountain Raider]

wouldnt this increase gear wear if the car shifts to P everytime it stops? at first i thought autopark parks the x5 automatically at a parking lot lol

[blondboinsd]

Originally Posted by Denalio

I know, it gets confusing. Different markets get different options. UK gets intelibeam lighting, US gets Sirrius radio and spare tire. If they could only simplify things and make the available options the same across the whole model line everywhere. Seems like marketing #%$&* to me. A dealer told me that he had a customer order an American version with HEATED SEATS for export to Dubia. I have never been there, but heated seats would not be first on my list for the Desert.Point is, you never know what brochure pictures are intended for which market.

psh, do you own a car with heated seats? I first had them on the Explorer and got hooked and I live in so cali!

[blondboinsd]

Originally Posted by Denalio

Similar to what is on the Cadillac. There is a sensor in the headlight housing that measures light coming from oncoming traffic and light from surrounding. The headlight automatically adjusts between high and low beam depending on the darkeness of say a country road and switches to high beam once it senses oncoming headlights it switches to lowbeam then back again as needed.

That was introduced on the STS and is also included on the Jeep Grand Cherokee 2005+, it goes under the name "SmartBeam and Intellibeam"