I would love to link to it, I hope I’m not going to get in trouble for it. Just in case here’s two links that they do moan
www.bmw.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk
“To Beat the EU ban on right-hand drive cars BMW uninvents the wheel”
“By the end of 2007 you will not be allowed to use a right-hand drive car on the roads of mainland Europe.
It’s a ruling BMW has vigorously opposed, but our lawyers were eventually routed and it was left to our engineers to fight a rearguard action.
Their riposte was one of startling elan: hands-free steering.
It uses a combination of sensors and VAT (Voice Activated Technology) and does away with the steering wheel altogether.
All the dials and controls are mounted in the centre of the dash on a pivoting section which can be angled towards either of the front seats.
While crossing the channel, simply tilt the instrument panel to the left and change seats with your passenger. Pedals are recessed into both footwells, the relevant seeat becoming active when the position of the central section is fixed.
The sensors work as an intermediary between the driver’s eyes and the road and combine with voice command to steer the car wherever you want it to go in complete safety.
Early prototypes were prone to sudden U-turns if the driver swung round to shout at the children in the back, but a satellite monitoring system developed by Dr Bitt-Fischi, our head of R&D, has eradicated this minor flaw.
An additional advantage of the system is a new feeling of liberation for the driver. Indeed, at first this is almost unsettling, so a retractable, padded bar can be elicted from the dash and grasped or leant upon until the driver is fully acclimatized to the unfamiliar freedom.
The hands-free option will be available across the BMW range by next spring, in plenty of time to beat the ban.
If you would like more details in advance, please click on www.uninventthewheel.co.uk or call our Customer Liason Chief, Herr Huhr-Huhr, on 0800 777 129.”
I’m not a dumb blonde (well not much of one), so I do know this is an April Fool, but bloody hell its funny!!
