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Head-up display migrates to automobile world

Automakers say feature ensures safer driving but sceptics warn it could be a distraction

Published Sat, Sep 12, 2015 · 12:00 AM

New York

WHEN Manish Undavia took delivery of the 2016 Audi A7 sedan - list price, about US$71,000 - it came with technology rarely found in automobiles, even five years ago: collision avoidance systems, sensors to keep the car from drifting and, perhaps most baffling to Mr Undavia, a head-up display.

"A what?" he asked the salesman.

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