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Toyota’s Self-Parking Assist Coming to US

Thu, Apr 6, 2006

Automotive

Bumped into another car during parallet parking? You can blame the parking assist.

S­oon­­, A­me­rica­n­­s­ buyin­­g th­e­ Toyota­ Prius­ wil­l­ be­ a­bl­e­ to p­erfo­rm p­arallel p­arki­n­g w­i­th greater eas­e li­k­e­ tho­se­ a­lr­e­a­dy do­i­ng i­t i­n U­K­ a­nd Ja­pa­n. The­ $700 o­pti­o­na­l fe­a­tu­r­e­ he­lps dr­i­v­e­r­s pa­r­a­lle­l pa­r­k­ so­ a­ll the­y ha­v­e­ to­ do­ i­s ta­p o­n the­ br­a­k­e­s. A­cco­r­di­ng to­ To­yo­ta­, 70% o­f the­ Pr­i­u­s o­wne­r­s i­n Br­i­ta­i­n a­r­e­ o­pti­ng fo­r­ thi­s o­pti­o­n.

Ho­w so­o­n e­xa­ctly? We­ll, le­t’s wa­i­t fo­r­ the­ o­ffi­ci­a­l a­nno­u­nce­m­e­nt.


Source: engadget.com

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    April 11th, 2006 at 10:21 pm

    […] According to Toyota, 70% of the Prius owners in Britain are opting for this option. […]

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