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A self-parking Lexus.(automobile Lexus LS 460's Advanced Parking Guidance System)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
The claim. The Web site for the Lexus LS460 sedan says that the optional $1,200 Advanced Parking Guidance System will let you "watch your Lexus park." It works like this: You pull in front of the parking spot you want, put the car in reverse, and a rear-view camera highlights the spot on the navigation system's screen. You touch the screen to say whether you're parallel parking or pulling into a row of spaces, adjust the view by using four arrows, then press OK. You take your hands off the steering wheel, which twirls on its own as you slowly release the brake pedal. (If you release the pedal completely, the attempt is halted.) Once the car is in, you bring it to a stop and move ...
- Parking Systems Grab the Wheel.(Lexus LS 460)
- Magazine article from: Design News February 26, 2007 700+ words
...market some day. Lexus' Advanced Parking Guidance System, for example...At this point, the Advanced Parking Guidance System's dedicated microcontroller...communicating with the Advanced Parking Guidance Computer include the steering...
- IN PURSUIT OF GERMANY; Embarking on a year with the new Lexus flagship.(News)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek Wong, Jonathan February 26, 2007 700+ words
...Levinson audio system and the ever-important advanced parking guidance system. The total for the options came to...controls ($1,625); Lexus Link ($900); advanced parking guidance system ($700); intuitive parking assist...
- Entering A Parallel Universe.
- Newspaper article from: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) November 20, 2006 700+ words
...upon us: the 2007 Lexus LS 460. Featuring the Advanced Parking Guidance System, this car does its own parallel-parking...All told, I have mixed feelings about the Advanced Parking Guidance System. It may well displace humans in the world...
- Daily News, Los Angeles, auto review column.
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) April 21, 2007 700+ words
...most of the work. Lexus calls this gizmo the Advanced Parking Guidance System. And at $700 (that's right), it...design and made it better," the magazine said. ADVANCED PARKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM Here are the basic steps to using the...
- Invisible Guidance: New Lexus has auto park: The feature on the LS460 takes...
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) November 30, 2006 700+ words
...surprised reactions when he demonstrates the Advanced Parking Guidance System of the LS460, the first commercially...of a button, the navigational system and the parking guidance system -- a series of sensors that detects where...
- Newsday, Melville, N.Y., Road Test column.(Column)
- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) February 16, 2007 700+ words
...curbside parking spot or parking lot stall. The Advanced Parking Guidance System is easy to use, but a skilled driver can...nav system guides, tire guides. Anyway, the advanced parking system costs a reasonable $700 -- a small price...
- The Lexus LS 600H L: not just another production car; It's the world's first V8...
- Magazine article from: Automotive Design & Production Vasilash, Gary S. June 1, 2007 700+ words
...prepared to respond with full force when the pedal is mashed. That system certainly eclipses the available Advanced Parking Guidance System that uses the rear back-up camera and sonar sensors (on a standard LS 600h L there are 10 sonar distance...
- software and microchips kill another driving skill.(Auto Weekly)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot October 23, 2009 700+ words
...seeking a space to leave their vehicles. Lexus was the first automaker to answer the parking challenge. With its Advanced Parking Guidance System, the driver spots a parking space and sets the parameters, and the car goes to work parking itself...
