Can anyone tell me if they know if the heads up display is an option on this car, as my sister has a SOL & when she ordered hers they asked her if she wanted it, not sure if her sales rep knew what he was talking about or not as most don't. I realise it's a minor feature, but would like to know if in fact it is available because it's awesome. My boyfriend bought a Z06 Vette last year and it was standard feature on it & it's truly amazing while you drive you never have to look down at your speedometer because it's on the window. I know I am probably wishful thinking as there is quite a price difference between his car and the SKY, but I just wanted to check.
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GM had a heads up display in one or two Cadillacs about 1982. They were made special for the president of GM at the time. GM had just purchased Hughes Aircraft/Electronics and it was just to impress upper management.Chloe said:
This is the same time they came out with the Solar car that won the Austrailian outback race. No further HUD's after that (too expensive), like having a HDTV in your winshield. The HUD in the F18 was smaller than it.
I could be that they are reflecting an image unto the surface of the windshield which isn't a first, as the 1955 Ford had a reflected speedometer at night. (It was nice)
Although if price is no object it can certainly be done, but is it worth it?
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Than why was my sister offered it when she ordered her car? Even when we picked it up 4 weeks ago the guy said it could have been ordered for an additional cost & will be a standard option on the 2007's & thought it would definitly be available to me since I bought the SKY and she bought a black 06' Sol.
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In the early to mid 90s a friends family had a Pontiac Bonneville that had the speedometer and a few other things reflected onto the windshield. You could turn it on or off. Sounds like HUD to me, but it could have been called something different. It was sort of neat. Basically a digital reflection. I don't believe it would be very expensive to do this at all; a few mirrors, lens, that's it (definitely not as expensive as HDTV). Anyway, it was OK, nothing to write home about. Just wanted to set the record straight that it was on other cars than Cadys AND it was not a very expensive option at all (this family couldn't have afforded it if it was), and this was over 10 years ago. One of those fads ya know? About the same time as the digital speedometers instead of the good old guages that we all know and love.
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My wife's 2000 Grand Prix GT Sedan had it as an option (called EyeCue Head's Up Display/HUD). It was also available on the Bonneville SSEi and GXP, Corvette & XLR, Aztek and Rendezvous. It's a real shame GM didn't do more with this option. The wife and I really liked it in the GP.
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Not a real HUD as I have seen the real thing..embedded into the windshield (don't recall if it was active matrix or lcd) but there were very few (real ones) made. Reflected displays have been around for a long time. (ref) 1955 Ford Fairlanefoolintherain76 said:
Infared for Hummer available (not real HUD though)
http://www.nightdriver.com/how_it_works.html
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I don't see that on the Saturn web site, and my dealer doesn't know anything about it either. I know the Corvette has one.
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You're probably mixing up the DIC with a HUD. The car has a Drivers Information Center which is not a HUD. The DIC is an LCD screen below the tach that displays info. A HUD is a device that displays information reflected on the windshield.Chloe said:
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This would be a neat option if factory installed
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