The truth about the 2007 Lexus LS460 self parking (Video!) - Automobile Magazine
I’ll admit that Lexus’ new commercial got my attention – if you haven’t seen it, it shows various people reminiscing about the “old days” – before remote controls, iPods, and all the other gadgets that we take for granted. It implies that one day, we’ll be explaining to our grandkids that we actually used to have to park our own cars. But like many new technologies, it works well only under a certain, limited set of conditions. And we never were able to get the big Lexus to back into a perpendicular spot by itself. We were, however, able to fool it into trying to parallel park into a three-foot-long opening between two other cars. As you may know, the LS460L is quite a bit longer than three feet. The Lexus LS460 will park itself. And even when it does work perfectly, it’s still far, far slower than even my octogenarian grandmother would park. Worst of all, the interface is difficult enough to use that I’m sure most people would have an easier time parking the Lexus themselves than just programming the function to do the job itself. Source: www.automobilemag.com
