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You may not charge to boutique GM any best to account from the aegis of GM’s OnStar Service. In fact, you may not charge to boutique for a new car at all – axis instead arise the shelves of your bounded electronics store. “OnStar today arise that it is responding to again customer requests by alms its industry arch safety, aegis and connectivity casework for non-GM and earlier GM cars already on the road,” says GM. “A standalone rearview mirror packing all of OnStar’s amount technology will be accessible this bounce through customer electronics retailers, and is accordant with a lot of top-selling cars from above manufacturers.&rdquo.

According to GM, the new artefact will cover Automatic Crash Response, Turn-By-Turn Navigation, Baseborn Vehicle Area Assistance, admission to emergency and roadside casework and hands-free calling which includes Bluetooth connectivity. It’s big account for consumers searching to add some accessibility and assurance appearance to their absolute car, but it does arise at a price. “The retail artefact will arise packaged as an installable rearview mirror, affairs for $299 each, and accordant with 20 top-selling vehicles, including the Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ford F-Series trucks,” letters The Detroit News. “Service affairs alpha at $18.95 a ages or $199 a year — the aforementioned amount for OnStar’s GM subscribers.”

Swapping out your rearview mirror for an OnStar archetypal absolutely adds some capability, but that doesn’t beggarly that it’s as seamless as it would be if your car came with OnStar from the factory. “The arrangement won’t be absolutely as well-integrated as it is in the latest GM vehicles, acceptation that turn-by-turn aeronautics will alone be played through announced commands, not through a bombastic awning with arrows and alley signs,” says Left Lane News. “Also, the arrangement won’t be able to apathetic down a baseborn car, although OnStar will be able to active bounded authorities.”

The after-market OnStar units should be accessible alpha in the bounce of this year.

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