Apple keen to go ahead with the iCar

[mrbeetlebrain]

US computer company Apple Inc and German automaker Volkswagen AG are discussing the possibility of building an "iCar" which would feature products by the producer of the ubiquitous personal music player.

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs and Volkswagen's chief Martin Winterkorn met several days ago in California, and plan to meet for further discussions, said Hans-Gerd Bode, a spokesman for VW.

There are "scores of ideas", but few concrete plans at this point, Bode said.

Market experts have estimated that a compact car upgraded with Apple products would be of substantial interest to young target groups, according to German financial magazine Capital.

Volkswagen also has plans to produce an affordable compact car with prices starting at 6000 euro ($10,000).

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technolog...mh=dm16.276435

Not big on details but interesting just the same...

[Moviequill]

cool, touch screen and scrolling dashboard....

[wawalker]

Guess I'm not the target group since I have zero interest, actually, this annoys me a bit.

[angieisgroovy]

I think I would look in the other direction while they worked out all the "bugs". It's definitely got my attention though. I just worry about electrical problems.

[silverspeedbuggy]

Somewhere awhile back in one of the "Rumors" or "News" threads I proposed the next New Beetle be the iMac of cars. Perhaps this is what they are discussing.

[mrbeetlebrain]

Originally Posted by wawalker

Guess I'm not the target group since I have zero interest, actually, this annoys me a bit.

[gilligan]

Thats like ford hooking up with Microsoft to make a car!!!

[SMG]

The title of this thread is retarded. They've been in talks, and nobody knows what was discussed. So what?

For all you know Apple is working with VW on their next-generation in-car PC's. Whatever comes out of it, it's not going to be an iCar, and Apple isn't keen to go ahead with it.

[Beetlemania]

i'M not a big iFan of the iProducts, but iT would be iNteresting to see where this goes. Though iStill worry about digital dashes, remembering the days when they would burn out, leaving no iNstruments without replacing an expensive component.

[mrbeetlebrain]

Originally Posted by SMG

The title of this thread is retarded. They've been in talks, and nobody knows what was discussed. So what?

It might be retarded but it did it's job, much better than "Car company and computer execs meet and hold private discussions".

Anyway, probably just another rumour floating around, cool if it happened though.