'SAT NAV' Most Significant Motoring Moment
Carsite.co.uk has named the introduction of the mass-market ‘sat nav’ as the most significant motoring moment of the 21st century.
To celebrate the first decade of the ‘noughties’, Carsite, an online used car retailer, charted ten significant moments from the last ten years of motoring history. Included in the list is the retro revolution sparked by new MINI in 2001; Norman Foster’s stunning Millau Viaduct in France finished in 2004; and the digital boom in private online car selling led by eBay Motors.
However it was the introduction of the accurate automotive ‘sat nav’ unit in 2000 that Carsite considers the most significant development to motoring in the last decade, revolutionising the way drivers navigate road networks.
Apart from the safety benefits of not having to drive with a ‘map on the lap’, modern satellite navigation units are now available with live traffic alerts, video and music playback, celebrity voices and even 3D rendering of landmark buildings.
Ten years on and the Sat Nav market is still evolving and looks set for a major change with internet mogul, Google, expected to introduce free satellite navigation software to the mobile market. The October announcement of Google Maps Navigation caused shares in both Garmin and TomTom to fall substantially.
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