These features are also coming down in the prices ranges now as well. I recently bought our first car, a 2017 Suzuki that cost us $8,000 used (closer to $14,000 new maybe?)
It has the birds-eye view 360 degree parking camera (and curb view), forward collision auto emergency braking, lane departure warning and it'll beep at you when the car in front starts moving after a red light and you're too engrossed in your phone to notice.
This is crazy expensive for what you get. Most newer cars have this feature already and unless you have trouble turning your head I don't think it is worth $500 adding to a low-end new or used car.
It has been available on a ton of cars over the past half-decade. It's starting to become a standard feature now. Even the sub $16K Nissan Versa Note has it standard.
"What’s new is that the technology will be standard, not an option that can cost $1000 or more to add onto your new car."
They're not going to give electronics away for free, so the base price of the car will be higher, to include the price of the safety systems. However, the price will probably come down to something closer to the manufacturing cost once they can't treat it as a "premium" add-on, so maybe the cars will cost $500 more instead of $1000 more.
Does anyone know how mature this technology is, or have first-hand experience with it? I'm thinking of getting it on a new Honda Civic, but I'm concerned about the usual bugs that come with any new technology.
Unless you're after the more expensive models, a lot of security features were not available as a standard in cars from ~2007. You can still easily find cars without parking sensors or cameras today.
Heck that sounds pretty useful even for current cars today.
I imagine it isn't cheap though to add and even if it was reasonably priced I imagine they would make it optional in case people didn't want to add it to their car price in which case many would simply say "Nah I don't need that. I'm a great driver!"
A few hundred dollars is quite significant at the low end of the market. Backup cameras as mandatory, so all cars need an screen and once you have a screen it’s cheaper to remove buttons.
I drive an '04 Civic, so it's all moot for me... but I'd guess that people are willing to pay ~$800 for the aesthetics of a HUD vs. the kind of phone mount you see in an UberX. Although who knows!
Well it’s called “new car”. I can get a beater car from 2007 with all parking sensors and a rear view camera. I expect it from new vehicle. I don’t want to have a handicapped car which can’t leave parking spot where friendly people around parked their cars 3 inches away.
Sure, it has existed for several years. But I’ve yet to drive a single car that supports it. By my understanding only super expensive high-end luxury cars support it, and even then it’s hit and miss. I’ve never seen it with my own eyes.
This was my first car after getting my driver's license so I'm afraid I'll never be able to park in a car without it...
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