Carmakers Adding High-Tech Perks

March 4th, 2007 By MAY WONG, AP Writer Carmakers Adding High-Tech Perks (AP)

Aaron Priest, of La Mesa, Calif., sits in his new $38,000 sports sedan, with its do everything voice command dash monitor displaying a route to a recent destination in San Diego Wednesday, February 28, 2007. Priest says his friends are uninterested in the cars power, but enthralled by the its electronic wizardry. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

(AP) -- When friends check out Aaron Priest's new Acura TL sedan, the oohs and aahs start on the inside. Forget the powerful 3.5-liter, 286-horsepower engine; they're more enthralled with the car's rearview video camera and the in-dash voice-command system.



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