A recent online survey conducted by Opel reveals that GM’s European arm is exploring the use of Autostore in its vehicle lineup. Autostore — a feature of some car radios — finds the 12 stations with the strongest reception signals and stores them as Autostore favorites in the vehicle’s radio.
Autostore has been available in certain models of high-end luxury vehicles such as those form BMW and Audi, among others, since the early 2000s. As far as we know, it would be a first for a GM product, if released.
So here is our question to you: would you use Autostore? Would it be something useful to you? We can see how the feature would be especially useful when driving in an unknown town where one is not familiar with local radio stations and their frequencies.
Sound off in the comments below!
Update: you can check the survey out for yourself right here.
Comments
I have driven two vehicles with this feature, a 1993 Lincoln Town Car Executive Series, and a 1995 Ford Econoline XLT. Both had the factory AM/FM/Cassette found on most Ford products of that era, and the faceplates were almost identical. There was a button on the radio labeled “Auto.” When pressed, it scanned for about 30 seconds to find the strongest five AM stations and the strongest ten FM stations and placed them in the AM, FM1, and FM2 presets. Great feature–I used it when I was out of range of my hometown stations, then when returning home, press the Auto button again and the original presets are restored.
Great job with this site, guys. It’s my first and most frequent destination for GM news.
Thanks Justin — we try! And we have many more awesome additions coming very soon (beginning of June)! Can’t wait to share them with you!
As you said — AutoStore is very useful. I wonder why Opel and/or GM are just getting around to it though. It’s been around for almost two decades!
Alex
Founder, GM Authority