High-End Technology

A couple high-tech options broke new automotive ground upon their arrival in last year's EX: the Around View Monitor and Lane Departure Prevention. Infiniti subsequently added both to several other models, and you can check out a video of them here. My test car didn't have LDP, but it did have the Around View Monitor. Check out the photos to see it. It's as clever as ever, though it isn't a panacea. For starters, the bird's-eye view on the center display is small, and the perceived distance between your doors and, say, the side of your garage can be deceiving. (Don't worry; no side mirrors were harmed in the making of this review.)
The EX's navigation system is a generation behind those in some of Nissan's and Infiniti's latest models, and its dated graphics show it. In my book, though, its overall intuitiveness still leads the industry: The system combines a touch-screen display with plenty of shortcut buttons and a directional arrow pad — still the best way to scroll a map — and there are plenty of street labels, too. On the downside, the Bose stereo you get with the navigation system doesn't sound up to snuff for an optional audio system in a luxury car.
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Cargo & Towing
Despite a high load-in height and a protruding bumper you'll have to lift
items over, the cargo opening isn't as bad as it could be. Other big luxury
SUVs, like the Lexus LX 570 and some Land Rove ...
Tray
To open the tray, push the lid1 . To close,
push the lid down.
The USB and/or iPod® connector port is
located inside the tray. (See “Audio system”
in the “4. Monitor, climate, audio,
phone ...
Vanity mirror lights
The light on the vanity mirror will turn on
when the cover on the vanity mirror is
opened.
When the cover is closed, the light will turn
off.
The lights will also turn off after 15
minut ...
