The overhead console includes a sunglasses holder, with optional Travelnote digital recorder that allows the driver to orally take phone numbers while on a cellphone. The heating and air conditioning can be controlled separately by the driver and front and rear passengers.
Interior lights abound, including reading lights. GM calls the interior lighting "world class," developed by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Lighting Research Center in Indiana.
The standard sound system is a radio/CD, but optional are a radio/CD/cassette, radio with six-disc in-dash CD, or six-speaker 275-watt Bose system. Our test model was equipped with the Bose, offering outstanding sound quality and adjustment versatility. All the systems include RDS (Radio Data Systems) technology, allowing the listener to search for stations by type, display song and artist information, and provide traffic and weather updates.
The OnStar communications system is standard. It includes GPS navigation, hands-free cellphone communication including free first year safety and security service-automatic crash and theft reporting, as well as remote unlocking if you lock yourself out. Mind-boggling possibilities include everything from having your email read to you by a computerized voice ("Virtual Advisor") to getting directions to the nearest ATM. Next Page