BMW Assist and Security Plus

BMW Assist and Security Plus

BMW started offering its own variant of OnStar, BMW Assist, with its 2007 arrangement of autos. BMW Assist incorporates the majority of the elements that make OnStar so prevalent: programmed impact identification, correspondence with a BMW reaction master and remote entryway opening. BMW likewise asserts it will work with police to help with stolen vehicle recuperation. Since the framework utilizes a GPS framework for following and a cell framework for correspondence, much like OnStar does, BMW can conceivably work with police to give GPS following information [source: BMWUSA.com]. 

While BMW Assist is free for the initial four years in somewhere in the range of 2007 and later vehicles, BMW charges a $199 yearly expense from that point on [source: BMWUSA.com]. Not all BMWs incorporate Assist as a standard element: The 2011 128i Coupe, for occasion, just gets BMW Assist in a premium bundle [source: BMWUSA.com]. 

In a marginally less reasonable - yet way cool - usage of security components, BMW's X5 Security Plus is the main freely accessible vehicle from a vast scale auto producer to offer Class 6 impenetrable body and glass. The Security Plus looks fundamentally the same as a typical BMW X5, yet its covering plating can disregard slugs from an AK47, and a few vehicle alternatives like sirens and front-and back cameras make it much more secure than your normal auto [source: Autoblog]. 

In the event that purchasing a fresh out of the plastic new protected extravagance auto sounds like pointless excess (or it's just out of your value range), it might be a great opportunity to consider more moderate choices. Regardless of its name, the following security framework doesn't accompany defensive layer plating - yet with vehicle following, it takes care of business.