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BMW Is Showing Full-Screen Ads on Its Cars' Main Dashboard Control Display
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this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2026
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What models? I have an i4 and I have never been hit with this or those subscription services everyone kept talking about. I wonder if it is happening only in certain models.
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I can't WAIT to never buy a smart car
If your car connects to the Internet, and has controls on a screen - then it's not your car.
They said this about Jeep products. I found two people (admittedly a small sample) who had brand new Jeeps and asked if they saw ads on their vehicles entertainment systems and neither of them knew what I was talking about.
It sounds like it was just a specific message about the extended warranty which was showing up too often due to a glitch. Not quite the same as more general ads.
https://www.kbb.com/car-news/jeep-owners-fed-up-with-in-car-pop-up-ads/
Nice work.
This will really help BMW to drive up their sales. I can't believe their sales increased in North America, whereas the sales dropped off the cliff in China. Not just BMW, all traditional car manufacturers got hammered.
I guess that's what happens if you are very limited in choice of cars (for clarification I meant the US of course).
http://autofreak.com/vw-bmw-mercedes-china-sales-collapse-q2/