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Article: OnStar Navigation System to Get Upgrade
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- February 7, 2006
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DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Auto Writer
AP Online
02-07-2006
Dateline: DETROIT
Ten years after it first introduced the OnStar safety and navigation system, General Motors Corp. is making a significant upgrade that will allow customers to get real-time directions as they're driving.
GM plans to announce the new option Wednesday at the Chicago Auto Show, the same venue where it introduced OnStar in 1996. Turn-by-Turn Navigation will debut on the Buick Lucerne and the Cadillac DTS in March and will gradually be added to other GM vehicles. GM says it will be available on approximately 1 million cars and trucks by the 2007 model year.
Around 4 million drivers now have OnStar, a service unique to GM. That ...