When buying a car, the owner may face a difficult task: it would seem that the brand and model have already been selected, and you can order a car. But you also have to choose a complete set of cars: the same model of one manufacturer can have very different characteristics due to the configuration and various additional options. In the end, you have to choose Personal car for several dozen parameters, which are not easy to figure out without a hint. How are chosen additional options on the car, and how will they affect its price?
What is included in the list of additional options?
The buyer must understand that additional options for a car are an important way to earn a car dealership, and dealers are directly interested in selling the most expensive and rich equipment.
At the same time, not all of what is proposed is really necessary, and the cost of many types of equipment in other stores will be several times lower. Automotive options are designed to make the car more comfortable and provide the driver with everything necessary on the road. What is included in the selection options?
- Engine's type. What do you prefer - petrol or diesel engine, each owner can decide on their own, as top-end configurations famous models provide such an opportunity. Diesel is more economical and durable, but the cost of such a configuration will be higher.
- Transmission type. Manual or automatic transmission? This is also a controversial issue: it is generally accepted that a car with a gun is easier to drive, although it is not very suitable for suburban SUVs. As a result, manufacturers also offer customers a choice, although this option is most often not available for the basic configuration.
- Special vehicle options related to traffic safety. The initial equipment may include only belts for the driver and passenger on front seat Everything else will have to be paid for. The kit may include front and side airbags, mounts for child seat, baby locks, curtain pillows and much more.
- The presence of an air conditioner. It is very rarely included in the basic package, more often you have to pay extra. Available in top trim levels modern system climate control, which guarantees always clean air in the cabin and a comfortable temperature.
- Entertainment systems for the driver and passengers. Without music in long road always boring. But head unit is far from the only solution. In advanced trim levels, the driver can get a modern audio system, a DVD player with a convenient screen, etc. Everyone decides for himself how much this is necessary, but it cannot be denied that audio systems increase driving comfort and help make the journey more enjoyable.
It is simply impossible to list all the options of the car: a fully equipped car must also include parking sensors, cruise control, power windows on all windows, heated steering wheel and seats, and much more. Appearance machines complement alloy wheels, chrome-plated body elements with various decorations.
As a result, the same model can change beyond recognition if you agree to all the dealer's proposals. However, it must be remembered that all additional improvements require a lot of money, and not all of the amenities are so necessary for an ordinary city driver who rarely leaves his native microdistrict.
Some salons offer to pick up extra. options on an individual basis, that is, in fact, you can design your own own car which will suit individual tastes and requirements. Additional car options will make your choice unique, and in the future the car will serve you faithfully.
How do additional options affect obtaining a loan?
Additional options for the car dealer centers become one of the means of income. An eloquent manager will tell you in detail how much you need this or that opportunity, and how difficult it will be to do without it.
As a result, a set of additionally mounted equipment will exceed a third of the cost of the entire machine. Most banks offer to include additional car options in the total loan amount, but they total price should not exceed 30% of the transaction amount.
A car dealership customer, especially an inexperienced one, can sometimes find it difficult to resist buying useful, but far from mandatory, devices. In this case, you can use a few tips:
- Consider in advance what additional options you intend to install on the car. Make a list and calculate the cost of all improvements. If you add them to base price car, the result is likely to force you to carefully review the finished list and remove all unnecessary. If you have a clear plan, it will be easier to resist the manager's flow of speeches.
- Arriving at the salon, name a slightly lower amount than you are willing to pay. The manager will still persuade you to additional purchases, and in the end you will be able to meet the planned limit of funds.
- Check the quality and performance of everything installed equipment. If you have chosen an advanced package, you have every right to check all types of equipment, from the radio to the power windows. If a defect is found, this is a reason to demand a discount from the manufacturer.
- During certain periods, some additional options for a car may be provided free of charge as part of special promotions and promotions. Find out in advance what salons are offering now and wait for the next major holiday. Savings can amount to tens of thousands of rubles.
Individual selection of a car, taking into account the options being made, is a very useful feature that will allow you not to buy unnecessary equipment. In some salons, you may encounter threats that if you do not purchase equipment in this salon, the car did not get service under warranty. This is a lie, refusal to repair is possible only when it was the purchased equipment that caused the breakdown.
Modern cars are stuffed big amount options. Starting from a huge number of expensive electronics to such trifles as, for example, a retractable cup next to the steering column. Not all innovations and "bells and whistles" are really necessary for the driver. Too many of them increases the cost of the car and sometimes complicates its management. Of course, without many things it's just hard to imagine modern car, for example, without air conditioning and ABS. But sometimes you have to give money for something that you actually use later or rarely, or never at all. Based on a survey of car owners, we have compiled a list of car unnecessary items.
Ashtray and cigarette lighter
Oddly enough, but in the first place among the unnecessary things in the car - an ashtray and a cigarette lighter. So it turned out that most of the drivers surveyed were non-smokers, and they really do not need these two things in the car. “For me personally, a completely useless piece of furniture is an ashtray. I would be happy if she wasn’t there,” says a non-smoking female driver. However, an ashtray in the car is not needed even for some smoking car owners. They themselves do not smoke in their car, and do not allow other passengers to do so.
However, some resourceful drivers still found practical use for an ashtray that was not used for its intended purpose. In their opinion, it’s good to put small debris in the ashtray, it perfectly accommodates “a couple of fuses (just in case), a couple of screws (just in case) and all sorts of nuts and bolts that fall off some cars right while driving or in parking lots.”
Shelf for coins
What is the real use of a small compartment for coins no larger than a ruble. Manufacturers created it so that the driver does not have to look for small change in his pocket when paying for a toll road. For Russia, toll roads will not become relevant soon. But even on European toll roads, this coin device is useless. “Maybe, of course, I was unlucky, but where we traveled along toll roads, the amounts were higher than what could be put in this compartment for coins, a coin of two euros, for example, does not fit here, and many have long been paying by card,” says one of the drivers. As a result, the coin box is used only as a dust collector, and nothing can be done about it. There is not even a shred of practicality. A shelf for coins can also be a reminder that soon in Russia you will have to pay for travel on some highways, by the way, the government has already developed similar projects.
Headlight washers
Headlight washers do not wash well, they often work when you don’t ask for them and, on top of everything else, they consume a lot of washer water, car owners complain. “I have them without brushes and when they are turned on, water just splashes on the headlights, and then you have to get out of the car and wipe the wet headlights with a cloth. With the same success, you can use special wet wipes, ”one of the drivers shares the meaninglessness of this option. If dirt has dried on the headlights, then nothing is washed off anyway, only it is watered by the neighbors and the washer is wasted by gallons, another complains.
Fog lights
Fog lights are also used by drivers extremely rarely and are most often installed simply in order to be. However, sometimes they can still be useful. For example, in the case of driving in snow or rain, when using high beam blinds the driver. By enabling the option, the light will start to go lower and less dazzle the driver. However, on Russian roads oh, fog lights often beat because they are too low, one of the drivers complains. In general, many of the drivers did not appreciate this option.
Rain and light sensor
The rain sensor is designed to create comfort for the driver on the road when it rains or snows or a passing car is splashed with wet mud. However, it does not always work, the interviewed drivers complain. For example, it began to rain with large drops, the car is flooded, and the sensor does not react in any way, the car owner complains. Easier and easier to adjust the cleaning system yourself windshield. The light sensor should automatically turn on outdoor lighting V dark time days or dark places. “I always drive with low beams, so this option is absolutely unnecessary,” says another driver. This feature may be useful only for those who constantly drive through tunnels or covered parking lots, but the drivers interviewed are not among them.
crankcase protection
It turns out that crankcase protection is sometimes completely useless, but worth a lot of money, a thing. “You have to try very hard to get to this protection, but with a strong blow, it may not help. In addition, the crankcase significantly reduces safety performance,” says Dmitry Makarov.
Cruise control
Cruise control seems to be a useful thing in theory, it can even seriously save gasoline. But in practice, many do not use this function. “If you use it, you can generally fall asleep at the wheel,” explains one driver. “The movement is such that in Moscow, that outside the city, that you go all the time in the gas-brake mode. What kind of cruise control is it, ”another echoes him. The convenience of using cruise control on our roads is a very relative thing.
When buying a car, even one brand and one model, there is a very large difference in price. That is, if you take the basic (empty version), then it will cost much less. full version, sometimes such a difference can reach 30 - 35% of the cost. Today I suggest you think about which options you should install, and which ones you can save on ...
For myself, I divide the car options into several parts. The first part is technical (engine, transmission, drive). The second part is safety (airbags, security systems). And the third part of the options is interior equipment and comfort (air conditioning, heated windows, etc.). Now let's get more specific.
Technical options are one of the most important, in my opinion. Here and the engine and gearbox and drive. If the engine is weak, then your car simply will not move normally (read the article -), on the track with weak engine it’s generally dangerous, because you won’t be able to quickly overtake the “creeping” truck in front. Therefore, saving on the engine is not worth it, if it is possible to put the engine more powerful, do it. The gearbox, there are also nuances, someone likes the mechanics, someone likes the automatic (read the article -), everything is individual here. But without a “machine”, you can perfectly drive, and when buying the option “without a machine”, you can save a lot, on average by 40-50 thousand rubles. This also applies to mechanical boxes gears, some models have 5 gears, some have 6 gears, here again there is a choice, but mechanics for 6 gears will cost more, and if you don’t often travel out of town, then you can get by with 5 gears. Again, savings. And last technical options— This is a drive, sometimes front,. Four-wheel drive or 4WD is almost never needed in the city, so it makes sense to take it with all-wheel drive if you are a city dweller there is none. If you are afraid that you will get stuck in winter, then you can take a 2 WD drive, it is quite enough for the city. You will save a lot on the drive, and even then you will save on fuel because all-wheel drive vehicle spends much more front wheel drive or 2 WD drives.
On such car options, I think it’s impossible to save at all. Of course, you may never need them, I mean airbags and curtain airbags, but it's better to install as many of them as possible, and not just one driver's airbag. It also makes sense to ask passive safety and the results of crash tests, if these figures are very low, I would not take such a car. Also put as much as possible more systems security, for example, such as - and, in my opinion, should be mandatory. You can, of course, also ESP system put, but from traction control You can refuse, of course convenient, but its absence is not critical. Remember not to save on safety, such savings can cost you or your loved ones their lives.
Car options in comfort and interior equipment are not critical at all and you can save a lot on them. I think that in the cabin there must be: air conditioning, front power windows, heated front seats, onboard or trip computer Well, you can still radio, the rest can not be put. Climate control is convenient, but expensive (saving 40 - 50 thousand rubles), rear power windows (saving from 5 to 10 thousand rubles), you can not install a multifunction steering wheel (saving up to 5 thousand rubles), seat and steering wheel adjustment, height and reach, you can also not install (saving up to 5 thousand rubles), a chip key and starting from the start button, generally an unnecessary function, rather “show-offs” (saving up to 40 thousand rubles), it certainly looks cool, but you can live without leather in the cabin, fabric upholstery also not bad (saving up to 100 thousand rubles). You can also save money on the radio, put a conventional stereo system, without color 7, 8 or 9 inch color displays (we save up to 30 thousand). Outside, we save on such options as alloy wheels, parking sensors, handles and mirrors in body color (all together - up to 60 thousand rubles), but on fog lights not worth saving.
This concludes my article. Of course, if you are not limited in the budget for the purchase, you can put everything that I “thrown out” from the car - the equipment will become much more comfortable and beautiful, but you can live without these options.
P.S. The article is written for those who collect the last money to buy an affordable foreign car.
We will talk about such an important thing as car equipment And additional options.
Now everything car brands
offer their customers a huge list of options. Let's try to figure out which of them are really needed, and which ones you can do without. We will review the list basic options, which equip modern cars and choose the most useful and essential of them.
Auto kit. Choose a package
To choose a package First, let's define terms. What is car equipment and what are they?
Basic configurations- these are standard sets of options, on the basis of which the buyer configures his future car. ordering new car, the buyer must choose one of the basic configurations, and then add to it available options and option packages. You can do all this in configuration configurator, which is on the website of each automaker.
For example, configurator Ford Mondeo offers four options basic configurations:
- Ambiente
- trend
- Titanium
- Titanium Plus
Minimum equipment auto is the simplest of the basic configurations, having the fewest options and the most affordable. For example Ford Mondeo minimum is basic equipment Ambiente. Respectively, maximum- This Titanium Plus, which includes almost all possible options.
Vehicle Options
Let's list basic options who offer modern manufacturers cars.
Comfort
- Air conditioning / climate control
- Front and rear power windows
- Electrically adjustable side mirrors
- Electric folding mirrors55
- Electric parking brake
- Disk brake mechanisms rear wheels
- Cruise control
- Automatic wipers with rain sensor
- Heat-shielding (athermal) glazing
- Rear window tinting
- Power trunk lid
- Door closers
- Keyless entry system and push button start
- Multimedia/Audio/Navigation system
- Multifunction steering wheel (multifunctional steering wheel)
- Leather-trimmed steering wheel and gear selector knob
- Steering column reach and tilt adjustment
- Electric adjustment of the front seats
- Settings memory driver's seat and mirrors
- A roof with a panoramic view
- Electric sunroof
- Seat upholstery in leather
- Front seat ventilation
- Center armrest front
- Central armrest for rear seats(standard for business class)
Theft protection
- Central locking with remote control
- Signaling
- Electronic immobilizer
Headlights
- Dynamic xenon/LED headlights with washer
- Fog lights
- LED daytime running lights
- Automatic headlights
- Automatic high/low beam switching
Winter options (heating)
- Heated windshield
- Heated side mirrors
- Heated washer nozzles
- Heated front and rear seats
- Heated steering wheel
Assistance with parking
- Rear View Camera
- Automatic parking system
Safety
- ABS (anti-lock braking system)
- esp ( electronic system directional stability)
- Automatic braking system
- Hill start assist
- Tire pressure monitoring system
- Isofix child seat anchors
- Airbags
Appearance
- Body Paint Color (Base Color / Metallic / Pearlescent)
- Painted in body color plastic elements(door handles, mirrors, bumpers and moldings)
- Wheel rims (steel/alloy, rim size)
- Silencer with chrome nozzle / two silencers
In fact, friends list all options all brands of cars - just physically impossible. Each automaker is constantly coming up with something new (marketers know their stuff)). For some models in the list options in general, you can find such funny things as " increased ground clearance " or " suspension adapted for Russian roads"")). Here you need to understand that in fact people just praise their car model, and all these features are not a real additional option.
The most useful equipment options
So, friends, what are additional options, we know. Some of them are quite useful, others are more of a luxury, but there are options without which it is better not to buy a car.
- Air conditioner
- Front power windows
- Additional crankcase protection
- Winter options
- Heated side mirrors
- Front and rear sensors parking
- ESP stability control system
- Central locking, alarm and immobilizer
Let me explain why I think these options needed.
Air conditioner
Air conditioner in summer you need no less than a stove in winter. In good heat, in a car without air conditioning, you feel like in a microwave. In my opinion, it’s even unsafe when the driver’s brain overheats from the heat, and it’s not far from an accident.
Minus air conditioner in that it simply cools the air, but does not regulate its temperature. If you don’t follow the air conditioner, then it can cool the air in the cabin too much and then it’s not far from a cold. Therefore, the ideal option for you will be climate control- a system that controls the temperature of the air in the cabin. Climate it is more expensive, but it automatically maintains the set air temperature, which means it creates comfort and at the same time saves your health. In my opinion, climate system - This is one of the most necessary things in the car.
For a healthy strong man, an amplifier may not be necessary, it rather increases comfort, but for women it is better not to buy a car without an amplifier at all.
Absence amplifier especially pronounced in the parking lot, when you have to turn the steering wheel and pedal. Of course, Parking is much easier with booster..
Front power windows
If you can somehow do without rear windows, then the front ones are real necessary thing. Now front door windows put even in minimum configuration but if you get old car without front power windows, then think again: are you ready to turn the handle every time to open the driver's window?
Additional engine protection
Engine crankcase protection from below- is fixed under the engine and is needed to protect the engine pan on bad road. In principle, if you drive carefully and are not going to move off smooth asphalt, then the probability of hitting a stone with a motor is very small. But if you sometimes move out with ideal smooth road, then engine protection is better to put.
Unfortunately, protection supplied car factory almost always available as an option. plastic and pretty flimsy. Better buy normal steel protection in the store and install her in any car service. The same steel protection will be offered (even imposed) to you by the dealer, as additional equipment, but at the dealer it will cost 3-5 times more than when buying in a store. Decide for yourself what to do, but factory protection usually plastic and weak, but to put additional equipment at the dealer is expensive.
Winter options (heating)
Now oh winter options (heating options). They will be useful to you at negative temperatures.
Especially good when the car is thoroughly frozen. You sit down, start the engine, turn on the heating and after half a minute the seat warms you with its warmth.
Electric heated windshield- a very convenient option in a situation where the car is covered with a layer of frost, snow or ice.
Electric heating thaws windshield literally in a minute, you can go right away without warming up the engine. If you do not have such an option, then you will have to wait 5-10 minutes until the engine warms up and hot air blows onto the glass.
minus electric heating is its high price both when buying a car and when replacing glass. For example, ordinary glass Ford Focus 2 costs 7500 r, and electrically heated glass will cost 10 tr.
Heated side mirrors- This the most important of the winter options. If the heated glass and seats are no longer needed after 10-15 minutes after starting the engine, then the situation is different here.
No matter how hot it is in the cabin, the exterior mirrors will not get warm from this, and driving with frozen mirrors in the city is a direct path to an accident. evaporates moisture, restores visibility and ensures safety in any weather. This function is useful not only in winter, but also in the warm season, such as during rain or fog. - This one of the most important options in automotive equipment.
They are simply necessary for parking in urban areas, when there is not enough space and you have to park back to back.
Parking radar (parktronic) scans the space near the bumper, and sound signal informs the driver about the distance to the obstacle. This allows you to park literally back to back, without risking scratching the car. Along with rear view camera, parking radar is one of the most useful features modern car.
Do not hesitate, if possible, be sure to equip the machine parking sensors. It pays off the first time you park in difficult conditions when will help you avoid damaging your vehicle.
ESP (Electronic Stability Program)
ESP- This security option, whose value cannot be overestimated. It's safe to say that it has saved more lives than any other car security system. In the United States, it is illegal to produce cars NOT equipped with this system, although the climate there is much milder than ours and the roads are not so slippery.
For different automakers, this system may be called differently (ESC, ASC, VSC), but the essence of this does not change. We will talk in detail about ESP in a separate article, but in a nutshell we can say that this system is extremely useful on slippery road. It corrects many driver errors and saves the trajectory of movement when the car is without ESP would have been out of the way a long time ago. My to you advice: try to buy a car with ESP. Perhaps this system will save your life more than once.
central locking
central locking, alarm and immobilizer are options that have become so commonplace that it makes no sense to even mention them in the list of options. This kit is now installed even on the cheapest models in the most available trim levels. It can be said that the central lock is last century. Now in trend keyless entry systems when the car itself opens door locks barely catching your approach. In vehicles equipped keyless entry engine starts with button, of course, provided that the key fob is in the car. This modern option is gradually becoming more affordable and can be found more and more often on expensive cars.
Vehicle options. conclusions
Summing up, I want to draw your attention to the fact that the more complex systems include car equipment the more likely they are to break. It can be said that full set cars not only raises the price, but also reduces general reliability car.
That's all, dear readers! We wish you good choice of car and generally speaking buy the car of your dreams. Thank you for being with us! Until we meet again, friends.
Purists may tell us that a good half of these options can be dispensed with. Left wing people -that we (following the damned capitalists) snickered. But we believe that, having tested each in real life, it will be very difficult to refuse them.
Heated and ventilated seats
When and on what it was implemented: 1965 - heating, Cadillac Eldorado; 1998 - ventilation, Saab 9-5.
How much is today: included in the package (heating); 31,280 rubles, Audi Q7 (ventilation).
It would seem, indeed, an excess. Even in the conditions of the Russian winter, we do not immediately get into the car and drive: while the engine is warming up (5-10 minutes), we clear the car of snow, wait until the wipers “freeze” from the windshield. During this time, the salon will begin to receive warm air, and the upholstery of the seats will not seem icy. But what a thrill it is to sit down after all these “dances with a tambourine” in the cold not in a seat frozen overnight, but in a warm chair!
Seat ventilation is indispensable. Air conditioning will not save you from a sweaty back in the heat, especially if the upholstery is leather. And how to go, say, to a business meeting, if there is a huge wet spot on your back? Cool streams of air from bowels of a chair allow to feel worthy in any weather.
Automatic switching from low beam to high beam
When and on what it was implemented: 2009 Mercedes-Benz E-class.
How much is today: 39,000 rubles, Opel Insignia.
With this system, automakers began to experiment in the middle of the last century. In 1952 on Cadillac cars and Oldsmobile installed light sensors that could send a signal to turn on high beams at night. However, the system was not widely used, because it was not possible to teach the headlights not to blind oncoming drivers.
Technology made it possible to do this only by the end of the 2000s. Initially, when the headlights were xenon, a complex system of curtains was used. After the head light was assigned to LEDs, the system became easier to implement. If necessary, certain diodes are muted or extinguished, forming a spot of light of a complex shape with clear boundaries.
However, such a system is still not able to replace a skilled driver. Light sensors are not able to “see” the reflections of a car approaching due to a sharp turn or hill and turn on the neighbor in advance.
Access to the cabin without a key
When and on what it was implemented: 1998 Mercedes-Benz S class W220.
How much is today: 15,820 rubles, Volkswagen Golf.
You approach your car in the parking lot and ... And that's it, no extra gestures: no need to get the keys out of your pocket, press the button on the key fob - just pull the handle and the car let you inside. Then he pressed the button and started the engine. Comfortable? Not that word! Having traveled a little by car with such a system, you run the risk of forgetting how to unlock the car in the old fashioned way.
The Keyless Entry system is not so many years old: it was developed by Siemens specialists in the 90s and sold Daimler concern. Nowadays, keyless access to the cabin is increasingly common already on golf-class models. True, only in top trim levels.
Seat and steering wheel memory
When and on what it was implemented: 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham.
How much is today: 18,300 rubles, Jaguar XJ.
I turned off the engine - and the seat moves back, and the steering wheel rises, making it easier for the driver to get in and out of the car. It is worth inserting the key into the lock - the seat and steering wheel take their original position. Moreover, all this economy has a memory for several sets of adjustments. Very comfortably! Especially if the car is alternately driven by people of different heights and builds.
Made such a system widely available Lexus, offered as an option on LS models in the late 90s and later included as standard equipment. Why "massively available"? Yes, because the Lexus LS400 in 1989 cost $ 35,000 in the USA and sold over 40,000 copies a year in America!
Navigation system
When and on what it was implemented: 1986 Toyota Soarer GT-Limited.
How much is today: 10,000 rubles, Renault Logan.
The advantages of this system, I think, do not even need to be substantiated. As practice shows, even taxi drivers, being “armed” with a navigator, get to major city from point A to point B faster than relying solely on your knowledge and experience.
True, only recently regular navigators have learned to “befriend” the Internet in order to plot a route taking into account traffic jams. Alas, such advanced systems are very expensive, so most motorists prefer to download the navigation program to their smartphone and hang it on the glass.
Blind Spot Monitoring
When and on what it was implemented: 2005 Volvo S80.
How much is today: 22,000 rubles, Opel Astra.
As practice shows, in the "blind" zone, overlapped by the rear pillar of the body and not visible either through the cabin or through side mirrors, a rather big crossover can easily hide! That is why systems were invented that “monitor” this and other “blind” zones: if the driver turns on the turn signal, intending to change lanes, and another car is dangerously close to the next lane, the automation gives an alarm signal.
Sensory trunk opening system
When and on what it was implemented: 2010 Volkswagen Passat.
How much is today: included in the package.
You walk up to the car in the parking lot of the supermarket, both hands are full of packages. What to do and where to attach them to open the trunk? Put next to the car? And if it’s spring in the yard and there is snow and water porridge under your feet? Engineers, imagine, found a way out: you pass your foot under rear bumper, and the trunk lid opens automatically.
For leadership in creating similar system two companies are now arguing: Volkswagen and Ford. The Volkswagens were the first, but in Ford they thought of making the trunk not only open, but also closed with the help of a “kick”. And on this basis they call themselves pioneers ...
Head-up display
When and on what it was implemented: 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.
How much is today: included in the package.
The widespread introduction of such a system is not so much a matter of comfort as of traffic safety. Since it projects instrument readings and other relevant information directly onto Windshield or a special transparent display directly in front of the driver's eyes. The latter does not need to look away from the road!
The first head-up displays appeared on combat aircraft before the Second World War, and it was not until the end of the century that the technology reached automotive industry. Having made its debut on the Oldsmobile, the novelty did not gain wide popularity, but after its appearance on Chevrolet Corvette 10 years later, it was noticed and quickly adopted by almost all premium brands. Now projection display can be found even on the Citroen DS5.
Surround View System
When and on what it was implemented: 2007 Nissan Elgrand.
How much is today: 45,100 rubles, Range Rover.
Rear-view cameras and “parktronics” are good for everyone: in fact, the driver literally has eyes on the back of his head! In a tight parking lot, you can control the approach to neighboring cars with an accuracy of a few centimeters. But the surround view system is even better: the driver sees on the screen in the cabin not just a picture from the camera, but as if looking down at his car.
The pioneer in the implementation of such a system was Nissan, then the idea was picked up, in particular, by Mercedes, BMW, Land Rover, Toyota and Volkswagen. Surround vision systems are installed mainly on business class cars and above, but Nissan again made a knight's move in the early 2010s, offering " all-round view» as an option for compact crossover qashqai.
Door closers
When and on what it was implemented: 1991 Mercedes-Benz S-class W140.
How much does it cost today: included in the package.
No need to slam the doors, no need to think whether the wife or children will be able to slam them the first time: you just push the door (or slightly pull it towards you when you sit down), and the rest is done for you by automation. More specifically, hydraulics.
Today, door closers are on expensive cars, as they say, by default, but this option is still far from mass distribution. However, with a strong desire, closers can be put on inexpensive model Fortunately, they are sold separately as accessories.
