First Camry Or Accord To Have Factory Satnav

[dvdlock]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me when Toyota started having the built -in factory fitted SatNav in the Camry and Honda with the Accord (2.4L).

It's a bit premature but a soon as my house is sold here in the UK we'll be moving to Thailand and I'm thinking my car of choice would be one of these two, albeit not a brand new one I don't think.

I've seen a 2008 Accord EL Navi advertised, did prior model years have the option?

Cheers.

[HDRIDER]

have a look at this site, they will show if there is sat nav and year

look in right corner, where you see this ยี่ห้อ : you can start search for cars and for sure see if the car has sat nav

[MoonRiverOasis]

The first Toyota Camry in TH with OEM navigation was the previous shape Q model (as an option), released in May 2004.

The current shape (released in August 2006) has always had it as an option.

The Honda Accord first got a navigation option with the EL model in November 2007.

[moris]

When you already decide to buy the car, make sure that the "sat nav" actually is working and has the map.

[MoonRiverOasis]

When you already decide to buy the car, make sure that the "sat nav" actually is working and has the map.

Quite. And also that the maps are up-to-date. Toyota was infamous for a while there for having horribly outdated mapping data.

It wasn't until 2009 that the Camry & Fortuner map data was updated to even include Suvarnabhumi airport - and that only happened after several thousand Thai Toyota owners banded together and petitioned Toyota. Even when Toyota did finally release updated maps, they started off trying to charge 30,000 Baht for the update. Again, the petitioning Thai owners pressured Toyota into making it a free update.

I'll just stick with my iPhone I think

[Garry]

I know the SatNav's are available and working. My buddy just bought himself a Camry Hybrid with it installed...works a treat.

Sorry doesn't answer the OP's original post, just saying that the factory SatNav is good

[dvdlock]

Thanks for the replies guys.

That gives me an idea of how old a car I'll be going for.

I've had hand held SatNavs in the past and my current one is a VDO Dayton 'in-car' system with a permanently fixed screen. But next time I promised myself I would have the proper 'built-in' screen.

Many thanks.