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I'd personally love if manufacturers actually offered upgrades on their older cars. I had an older Mercedes-Benz and I would've absolutely given Mercedes-Benz m
by Hamuko 4y ago
I'd personally love if manufacturers actually offered upgrades on their older cars. I had an older Mercedes-Benz and I would've absolutely given Mercedes-Benz money if they had a first-party CarPlay solution for my then car.
- unglaublich 4y agoYou're effectively saying that you want more disabled features, just in case you want to upgrade your property at some point.
- babypuncher 4y agoNo, they're saying they would pay for new software. Many ~10 year old cars have all the hardware necessary to support things like CarPlay, but because CarPlay didn't exist yet they do not have it. A lot of people would probably happily pay $200 to add it to their car without having to shoehorn in a third party head unit.
- ryanianian 4y agoNot really. CarPlay didn't exist when the car was made. The car manufacturer had to add software integration even if the hardware was already competent. Parent comment is saying they'd pay to receive this added integration.
- abfan1127 4y agoI think it was more about offering features on cars manufactured prior the new feature was released...
- cjdoc29 4y agoFun fact: Porsche offers this for some of its older generation models. https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2023/products/porsche-classic-communication-management-plus-for-retrofitting-30955.html https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2023/products/porsche-cla...
- Hamuko 4y agoYeah, Porsche is the only manufacturer that I know of that actually cares about older cars they've sold. They even made an amusing ad to that effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8-9oIq1hxw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8-9oIq1hxw
- coev 4y agoMazda upgraded 2017-2018 systems with carplay after sale. It cost some money at the dealership but it was a standard procedure they could do