We’ve already gotten a sneak peak of what the 2009 BMW 7-series will look like on the outside ahead of its official launch, but the interior – and iDrive in particular – is still veiled in a cloak of ...

Alex Kaufmann January 29, 2009 Comment Now! Advanced multimedia systems are becoming increasingly central to daily life with modern cars. Especially at the luxury end of the segment, where BMW's ...

Audi's MultiMedia Interface (MMI) has largely avoided the widespread scorn leveled at rival BMW's (in)famous iDrive -- due in large part to its more intuitive control setup. But with the gap closing ...

Shortly after BMW debuted its iDrive system, Audi and Mercedes-Benz followed suit with their MMI and Command systems respectively. With BMW's recently redone iDrive, Audi felt the need to update its ...

What's iDrive like to use? It's big on clarity and intuitiveness, that's what. iDrive arguably has the slickest and clearest interface of any of the major in-car interfaces, with its closest ...

Picture this. You’re coming home after a beautiful night out with your significant other on Valentine’s Day. You’re feeling particularly affectionate, relaxed, and probably full, because hey, that was ...

At last, someone in the auto industry gets it right. Instead of using awkward wheels or joysticks, like the Mercedes’s MyCommand or the BMW iDrive, the new Audi MMI touch system just uses a touchpad ...

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So the BMW engineers and product planners that designed the first iDrive controller must be feeling gratified with what they created, given ...

With the new A8, Audi is set to debut the latest version of its knob-based MMI system. It’s an enhanced version of the third-generation system – “gen-three plus,” marketing head Mischa Ehlers called ...

Audi has a rare opportunity. ]]> Audi's own A8 was recently revamped and has been on sale since June as a 2004 model. And sales of 2003 and 2004 models combined have nearly doubled over last year at ...