Sirius Satellite Radio will offer a new Sirius data service called Travel Link as standard with Ford’s new navigation system, the company announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Ford will be the first auto manufacturer to offer the service.
XM had navigations news too, they announced at the show that its NavTraffic navigation service will be available on the Nissan Murano.
Sirius Travel Link offers much more than the current Sirius Traffic service. The new Travel Link offers five-day weather forecasts; fuel prices at more then 120,000 gas stations, sports scores and game schedules, and movie listings from more than 4,500 theaters in addition to real-time traffic “flow” data and rerouting.
It will be available on multiple Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles in 2008.
The data is broadcast through Sirius’ existing satellites and repeaters.
This summer, the 2009 Lincoln MKS will be the first vehicle in its class to offer Travel Link services integrated into a voice- activated navigation system.
The data is broadcast through Sirius’ existing satellites and repeaters and is accessed and managed in the vehicle using a new high-mounted, 8-inch touchscreen menu.
XM announced its audio service will be offered as a factory option on the second-generation Nissan Murano, and XM’s NavTraffic real-time traffic service will be offered on Murano vehicles with navigation.