605 – In car wi-fi connectivity: business benefit or driver distraction?

14 July 2011 1 min read

Audi S5 Sportback now comes - like the rest of the facelifted Audi A5 range - with the option of internet connectivity. But how much of a driver distraction is in-car connectivity like this?

Audi’s rather lovely facelifted S5 Sportback model: now features internet connectivity which will be highly useful for business drivers. But how much of a driver distraction is it?

Editor’s Blog on the facelifted Audi A5 range

THE latest Audi A5, which has received a host of revisions (see our story Audi increases company car appeal of A5 range), also comes with the option of internet connectivity.

It’s a high specification mobile phone interface which can provide you with online services: these include Google-powered Points of Interest search and navigation using Google Earth images, but at the same time creates a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) hotspot within the Audi A5. So everybody inside can connect phones and computers to the internet wirelessly.

It’s not the first car to receive this of course. But it does show how increasingly networked the car is becoming with wifi internet on the move. Great for business drivers