Ford Vehicle

It’s not just Ford getting gadgety, of course. Lots of automakers are trying to figure out how to appeal to consumers by offering up a measure of technological wizardry. The Toyota Prius comes with voice recognition tools designed to give drivers hands-free control over the car’s navigation system, audio and air conditioning. Chrysler is offering a dashboard system equipped with a 20-gigabyte hard drive for storing music and navigational info.

GPS using navigation systems, for that matter, are becoming commonplace.