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New BMW Urban Cruise Control Appears This Fall
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09-25-2020, 02:24 AM | #2 |
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Very interesting and if I understood it correctly, this new feature/capability can be added to the vehicle by means of a remote software upgrade when it will be available (for PRE 07.2020 productions as well).
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09-25-2020, 04:25 AM | #3 |
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The last statement is a bit worrying.
The Urban Cruise Control function can also be integrated into the car at a later date by means of a Remote Software Upgrade. With the exception of the BMW 8 Series models, this option is available for vehicles of all the above-mentioned series produced from July 2020 onwards and which are equipped with the Driving Assistant Professional. Does this mean we have it automatically or we don't get to have it. Somewhat ambiguous. |
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Just read a German article on this and seems to confirm it..... not as I had thought and hoped but rather the opposite as also in the former they say that indeed the remote software upgrade will add the feature for 3er, 5er, 6er Gran Turismo, X5, X6, X7, M5, X5 M und X6 M models with production 07-2020 onwards - EXCEPT FOR THE 8.
So given that the hardware is the same (as stated in some other articles), why would BMW not allow/ enable this for the 8 series via the remote software upgrade, while on other models yes? BMW Group press article https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/globa...of-autumn-2020 |
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I think we should just wait and see; because as I read it, it says that all 8 models with DAP will get it, while only the other models listed produced after 7/2020 will. Guess only time will tell.
"With the exception of the BMW 8 Series models, this option is available for vehicles of all the above-mentioned series produced from July 2020 onwards and which are equipped with the Driving Assistant Professional." |
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Yes I really hope it is as you say - I initially thought that way too (in my first comment/post) but reading it a second time, can make one interpret it differently and thus understand it as the remote software update will not make it happen for THE 8. Indeed it would be very strange if this was the case.
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09-25-2020, 01:36 PM | #9 |
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Just read the BMW press release.
I gotta believe there's a price increase coming. Can't believe they will come out w/ that new technology for nothng. I'm right in the middle of it. Thanks to posters here on this board, I'm ready to negotiate a custom order for a '21 M8 Comp GC w/ dealers/brokers. If I'm correct, should I wait until mid Oct or later to sign a deal or do it now w/ an Individual order for say Ash Black Silver Wood Trim? 10 weeks delivery should push production into Nov at least. The key is to schedule production into Nov. If there's a price increase coming, I may get hit w/ it no matter when I sign the order. |
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At the Border Patrol checkpoints in California the traffic really wasn't backed up for too long so the car didn't suggest "plus" mode but completely handled it with the only caveat I had to time shutting it off right before the car in front was waved through or otherwise the car would have taken off trying to track it up to my 75 MPH setting which would have set off a Border Patrol chase with me being the rabbit. It sounds like the "plus" mode may be default in Europe as others have posted that as long as you're under 40 MPH you do not need your hands on the wheel and the Driver's Attention camera controls the engagement of the system. Yet another potential coding situation for us in the U.S. |
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