BMW, Toyota/Lexus, and Hyundai make the cars with the most advanced technology, according to an annual report from iSuppli called the Technology Availability Scorecard. BMW has six of the top 10 spots including the BMW 7 Series (photo), 5 Series, and 6 Series running 1-2-3, while Toyota and Lexus have two, and upstart Hyundai has the other two top spots. “Advanced technology” means driver safety aids such as lane departure warning or active cruise control, navigation, iPod adapters, telematics (Mayday calling), Bluetooth, back seat entertainment, voice recognition, hard drive storage, and other stuff that makes your daily commute a delight if you can figure out how to use it all. BMW wins the top award for the fourth straight year.
The new-for-2009 BMW 7 Series boasts 30 of the 35 features in iSuppli’s rankings, including an 80-GB hard disk drive for navigation data and audio files, the second generation of the Flir night vision system, an updated iDrive system that finally can be used by not-geeks (see our BMW 7 Series review), traffic sign recognition (just not in the U.S.), blind spot detection, and a boatload of wireless features such as the industry’s first Internet browser (just not in the U.S.), real time traffic information, HD radio, satellite radio, and premium Harman Kardon audio.
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