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Navigation systems now portable.(Auto Plus)(Auto aftermarket)

Byline: Bob Kocher As just about every car maker now offers factory installed Global Positioning Systems (GPS) based navigation systems, the automotive aftermarket tries to keep up. The idea of a NAV system (that's what many refer to the system as) is to help drivers find their way when driving.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)

Carin offers easy aftermarket GPS navigation system for autos.(Auto Weekend)

With the Carin In-Car Navigation System you'll never get lost. That's the first line in the advertising brochure published by Philips Car Systems, a division of Mannesmann VDO. This Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system is one of the aftermarket systems competing in the growing demand for

Publication: The Washington Times

Navigation systems increasingly available through aftermarket.(Auto Weekend)

Cutting-edge technology usually takes a while to trickle down to the masses. Anti-lock brakes and multiport fuel injection are two examples of features that are now standard equipment on most new cars and trucks sold today - but that were unavailable to all save the very affluent before about 1985.

Publication: The Washington Times

Aftermarket offers satellite navigation.(Auto Weekend)

Previously, to get nearly any of the navigation systems on the market you had to buy a new car as an accessory. Well, that's starting to change, as a couple of the firms that have been making built-in systems for new vehicles are moving into the post-sales arena. Both Philips and Siemens, two of

Publication: The Washington Times

A clear path to highway navigation.(Auto Monday)(Auto aftermarket)

Byline: Bob Kocher Last year I reported on the state of what is known as portable navigation systems, or as many call them NAV systems. While these portable NAV systems are a much better buy than a factory-installed unit, you can take the portable NAV unit with you from car to car and the price is

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)