Car Makers Eager to Offer Apps in Cars

As revolutions go, this one started fitfully with just a handful of apps. Drivers can activate the car's controls to make dinner reservations through Toyota's Entune system or use the car's voice-command system to select music over Ford Sync. But the number of available apps is expected to multiply to dozens or perhaps hundreds over the next few years, just as they proliferated for Apple's iPhone or Google's Android smartphones.

"If we don't have more than 50 to 75 apps, I will be disappointed," says Doug VanDagens, global director of Ford Connected Services. To find new ones, Ford held a contest at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon last year in San Francisco, where about 100 teams labored 24 hours to try to come up with realistic apps for cars, then made a presentation about them.

Now, as the company looks to its next choices, it sees myriad options. "There is no one winner right now," says Rob Passaro, head of the BMW AppCenter, also in Silicon Valley. "You are going to see a lot more experimentation."

Sedans Under $15,000 -Top Recommended Sedans

To get a sedans at a reasonable price is a practical idea for us since we are still in the process of recovering our economy. Here are three types of different cars for you, which of them are under $15,000. They are worth buying from the comparison. Now, let's have a look.


The Chevrolet Sonic surprises all with its sudden appearance in the mix of cars in this segment. At first glance, the front-wheel-drive package seems like a pug-nose reprise of past efforts from GM's outpost in South Korea, but the new car expresses a far greater level of refinement.

                                                                             
                                                     Chevrolet Sonic 2011
                                                       
For the second year, the Ford Fiesta sets the standard by which other cars in this segment are judged. The front-wheel-drive package is small on the outside yet space-efficient on the inside, while the 120-horsepower, 1.6-liter engine is alert as well as thrifty with fuel, delivering 28 city and 37 highway mpg with a manual transmission. 

          
                                                         Ford Fiesta 2011


The Chevrolet Sonic surprises all with its sudden appearance in the mix of cars in this segment. At first glance, the front-wheel-drive package seems like a pug-nose reprise of past efforts from GM's outpost in South Korea, but the new car expresses a far greater level of refinement.