In covering car news, I will sometimes look at a new piece of technology and do a double take. “That can’t be real, it is simply too stupid for a room of automotive engineers to have signed off on it.” Often times, those pieces of tech are on Stellantis vehicles.
Here’s a winner that I had to confirm was real (spoilers, it is real). Popup ads in your car… for the Mopar extended warranty service.
Take a look, it’s the whole bleeping infotainment screen, every time you stop.
They blame SXM who made the messaging platform, but Stellantis are the ones sending the ads.
It’s like a spam caller blaming the phone company because you agreed to get a phone.
Right? I don’t buy that explanation at all. I’ve had a bunch of cars with SXM, none of them had popup ads every time I came to a red light.