I just came across this engadget thread on the new CUE system for the Cadallic XTS. I wonder if there is any possibility some of this technology will make it over to the C7.

It looks like a great upgrade to the current HUD / Instrument cluster and Nav system. I expecially like the locking drawer to hold a phone.

Thoughts?

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/c...-xts-hands-on/

 

I think it would be fine as an option, but...

A) I have no interest in all that stuff and I don't need it.

B) I have no interest in all that stuff ESPECIALLY from a company that has had the battery/electrical issues the C6 has had.

 

I don't see a good enough reason for it.

 

I like it! Would either be the reason why I would buy a C7? NO; but if they were available would I use both? You bet! And I'd be happy to have the capability to re-configure my dash the way I want it and be able to lock things out of sight.

 

GM have already confirmed that CUE will not be available on any Chevrolet model, including the C7. But, CUE stands for Cadillac User Experience, so that doesn't mean Chevrolet won't receive a version of it, just under a different name.

I think the system looks very good. And from the videos I have seen, it looks leaps nad bounds better than Ford's MyTouch or MyLincoln.

 

Chevy has their own version of CUE. It is called MyLink. I think the C7 will have it as an option.

 

I don't see how this is relevant. If your car won't start it doesn't matter how the instruments or environmental controls operate.

But that aside, a glass cockpit should reduce the physical complexity of the build.

 

Hey, I know! Howzabout a digital readout of the speedometer and tach? What could possibly go wrong with that?? Really big numbers, yeah.

 

I expect the C7 will have MyLink or something like CUE. Touch screen, icons, etc. iPad like interface.

 

At minimum . . .

 

Once it's glass, it would be an easy thing to recreate both versions of the C4 dash. Some owners would be pleased as punch about that.

 

The CUE looks awesome!!

The Corvette better have something equal or better than it. The Corvette has a much higher MSRP range from $50K for a bare minimum standard version up to $120K vs. Cadillac which is like $38K-$75K and the Corvette is GM's flagship so no excuse it shouldn't.

 

 

Maybe they'll have an option for simulated old wiggly analog gauges on the dash to keep the whiny old changephobic guys happy.

Cheers,
JB

 

I say screw that! If people want a new Corvette like everyone keeps preaching they want, you better be ready to deal with all the new potential gadgets and flashy digital gauges!

 

MyLink is less than impressive IMO in its current state.

And I've heard that while CUE will remain exclusive to Cadillac, in the future many of it's features will be borrowed by other systems such as MyLink.

 

I'd expect a Corvette specific interface, possibly license parts of CUE from Caddy and change the user interface, something with more punch and functionality than MyLink. Have optional dashboards from Corvette classics like the Sting Ray, and other dashboard options that are modern and cool or flashy. Include performance tuning/adjustments/monitoring, maybe record track performance and download to an iPad App. That could be very cool. Call it something like Corvette Driver Control. Well, maybe CDC isn't such a good name after all.

Cheers,
JB

 

RIGHT ON!

Let me put it bluntly, if you old b@stards want the Corvette to continue like WE ALL DO, we need younger buyers. Heck, even at 30, I'm rollin' past the 'hip' age. The best way to attract younger buyers to an aging brand is to have the toys younger buyers want within said aging nameplate.

THEN maybe younger buyers can get past all the fat old man/gold chain stereotypes and into the great cars that WE know and love. In my old Corvette club two years ago there were all of two of us under the age of 30, myself at 28 and some 18 year old kid whose daddy bought him his.

The next youngest? I'd wager at least 45 with a median age of about 60. For Father's Day, I went to a Corvette show in my new 2012 put on by the same club with my dad and his '09 Z06. Guess who were the only ones under 35 besides little kids running around: Me and that now 20-year-old kid.

This club is about 150 people strong. I don't think my old club is alone. This does NOT bode well for a healthy automotive marque. GM needs to have badass 450-650 horsepower iPhones running around. Otherwise, we may just have way too many Camaros and not enough Corvettes in a few years.

Hell, you go to Camaro, Mustang, Challenger, heck, even exotics like Ferrari, Lambo and Aston shows, you have people of all ages intermingling around their cars. Corvette? Not even close. Because of this, I'm afraid that I may see the end of my favorite car marque in my lifetime.

C7's need technology and comfort (and how about cars that won't TEAR OFF THE DANG AIR SPLITTER EVERY TIME YOU HIT A ONE INCH HUMP!!!). Performance at C6 levels is already stellar.

 

Like DIC is so great?

 

Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't.