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Radox

Sun Oct 20 2019, 07:58pm

Joined: Aug 27 2019

Member No: #4044

Location: Bad Bergzabern

I don't know if this was discussed here, but I think the C6 was supposed to have this uber-useful feature, but it was cancelled during development of the car. The reason I think so is that on the dashboard, right below the cruise control symbol, there is an unused, not lit Adaptive CC symbol in a triangle. If you look closely, you can see it. Also, when sunlight falls directly on the HUD orifice above the dashboard and all the symbols in it light up, you can clearly see an unused symbol of a car with a few dashes below it. This probably was supposed to inform you of the selected distance with the vehicle in front of you. I don't know if the newer C6s have these unused leftover symbols, but the old ones like my 2007 version have them.

The symbol I'm talking about is this one:

So, have you noticed these things and what do you think?

FraserG New Zealand

Sun Oct 20 2019, 08:23pm

Joined: Jan 05 2015

Member No: #2011

Location: Auckland

Interesting. It is the one feature I would really have appreciated in my C6. In todays traffic it really is a useful tool which also adds to safety. Of my four cars, three have been hit from the rear this year by people not paying attention to the safe travelling distance. Very frustrating.

Has anybody managed to retro fit adaptive cruise control to a C6?

David Hallworth United Kingdom

Mon Oct 21 2019, 05:06pm

Joined: Apr 16 2010

Member No: #90

Location: Glasgow

I noticed it whilst driving a C6 for the first time in 4 years this morning and wondered exactly the same thing!

Be interesting if it was something that could be retrofitted.

David.

Kaloteck Poland

Fri Nov 01 2019, 01:50pm

Joined: Apr 25 2013

Member No: #1271

Location: Warsaw

David Hallworth wrote ...

Be interesting if it was something that could be retrofitted.

Fuggetaboutit, too tough an item.

C6Dave United Kingdom

Fri Nov 01 2019, 02:32pm

Joined: Oct 01 2009

Member No: #1

Location: Northumberland

Kaloteck wrote ...

David Hallworth wrote ...

Be interesting if it was something that could be retrofitted.

Fuggetaboutit, too tough an item.

C6 was designed 1999 when all this 'technology' was in it's infancy and though the car didn't make it to production until 2005 it still had some technology that wasn't available anywhere else.

Maybe Active Cruise would have been added at a later upgrade like the 3.0 HDi engine in 2009 but I suspect that the very low sales volumes stopped any other investment/developments being made?

CarlT

Sat Aug 07 2021, 05:12pm

Joined: Oct 29 2015

Member No: #2385

Location: Norway & Greece

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C6 was designed 1999 when all this 'technology' was in it's infancy and though the car didn't make it to production until 2005 it still had some technology that wasn't available anywhere else.
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BMW had Active Cruise Control option on their V8 & V12 E38 7series in 2000. I've tested it and it worked Great. Much better then on my 2017 Tesla Model X.. hahaha


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