12 Infotainment System Winners and Losers: The Short List

Today’s cars and trucks contain more circuity than a Foxconn factory, from sensors and actuators, to switches, displays, relays and microchips, they are nothing less than rolling computers. And certainly, a major reason for this electronics explosion is the proliferation of infotainment systems, some of which are far better than others. Here are our winners and losers from 2018 including picks from Chevrolet, BMW, Infiniti, Toyota, Jeep, Porsche, Volvo and more!

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[La-ytwr]

Has everyone forgot about Hyundai/Kia/ Genesis infotainment system it’s very simple to use

[mmikee]

BMW iDrive is one of the best. Not including it among the best is a gaffe on your part. You don’t like it because it offers too many features. Really!!? iDrive is feasible to control via touch screen and while driving you can do that with the rotating knob in addition to handwriting recognition that works with impressive reliability makes it the auto industry gold standard.

[ColinFox]

Really? No Tesla? They revolutionised infotainment with the model S in 2012 and still has yet to be matched.

[The_Joker_]

We can’t use a smartphone while driving but we can play with a 12” touchscreen 🤔

[UPG]

"The Short List"

**It's 7 minutes long I mean like wtf.*

[GodisGoat]

Personally I Think Mercedes MBUX might be the next industry leader but as of right now Audi is killing it, Nissan Toyota Lexus and Infiniti need to redo the infotainment systems ASAP

[stevethepokieman]

gotta love the windows 98 graphics on ford and gm

[Mohankeneh]

No mention of any Hyundai Kia genesis infotainments even though the consensus across basically all journalists is that its one of the easiest and best infotainments

[Wbrooks]

The infotainment in our 2018 outback touring is amazing. There is so much tech packed in there

[AirSapphire]

3:54 The IDRIVE was the easiest information system ever It supposed to be a winner list

[loveFFKamloops]

So few important ones missing
Honda/ Acura
Hyundai/Genesis/Kia
Mercedes
Tesla
I wonder why ?🤔 I guess it was a very short list 😂😂😂😘😘

[shahrour]

I don't understand why tesla infotainment is not included, its way ahead of everyone else?

[AndrewBullard]

What about Hyundai and Kia’s infotainment systems?

[ThenlySplash]

Mercedes` new MBUX system is also awesome. And Audis got even better with their new Touch MMI

[kermitthefrog]

Odd that nobody mentions VW. I really like their take on infotainment compared to others ive tested

[sanjeevgirjanand]

Has anyone forgot about Honda’s infotainment? The one in the new accord, pilot, and oddesey?

[franksun]

Two rules for a good infotainment system:

1) I don’t need to touch my phone to input anything whether it being destination or selecting a particular song, everything can be done on the infotainment itself.
2) If you can’t do 1), give me a high resolution, smooth screen for stable wireless CarPlay
Unfortunately in NA there is very few player offering that.

[Soh]

Lexus just needs to make their models touch screen and the problem is solved. Overall it seems like Japanese automakers really have a hard time figuring out infotainment systems. Maybe just hire someone instead of trying to do everything in house?

[simonekman]

Were is tesla? And how would they stack up?

[dpworld]

FCA maybe for 2018 models. They just got apple and Google. I have a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee and no apple or Google and the system drops bluetooth connection on a regular. FCA must paid for this review.