Volkswagen Discover in-car infotainment review

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Volkswagen’s infotainment system combines a touchscreen with eight buttons taking you directly to different sections of the system. The screen colouring is mainly dark and very deep, which makes it easy to read even if the sun is shining.

Volkswagen Discover - USB

Volkswagen Discover - Golf

Volkswagen Discover - screen

Volkswagen Discover - Golf interior

Volkswagen Discover infotainment system - test car: Volkswagen Golf

Volkswagen Discover - navigation

Yet connectivity was patchy, with our Motorola and Nokia phones connecting well via Bluetooth and USB, but our iPhone 6 and Blackberry showing errors. All screens took less than a second to load, and the system was extremely fast to boot up.

In this system, even if the sat-nav routing seems mad, it’ll be the fastest way to your destination. But it lost points for complex on-screen commands. However, models from 2016 will come with Apple CarPlay on Nav Pro as standard or for just £100.

Best in-car infotainment systems

• • Audi MMI
• • BMW iDrive
• • Ford SYNC 2
• • Jaguar InControl
• • Mazda MZD Connect
• • Mercedes COMAND
• • Nissan CONNECT
• • SEAT Full Link
• • Vauxhall IntelliLink
• • Volkswagen Discover

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