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Article: Hang on to your road map - for now Navigation systems still too expensive
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 23, 1999
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The paper road map may become just another artifact of the waning
20th century - replaced by onboard vehicle navigation systems.
But it will take some time before the sophisticated systems
installed by automakers mainly in upscale vehicles become available
to most motorists.
Prices range all over the place like a driver lost on country back
roads. A good navigation system generally carries a price tag of
around $2,000. But if purchased as a factory-installed option that's
part of a bigger package of electronic features, the system can add
$5,000 to the sticker price.
Mercedes-Benz product specialist Robert Allen says the cost of the
Mercedes navigation unit runs about $2,000. That's not ...