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General Motors has to have the most underrated navigation system in the business. We have other automakers advertising various touch pads, voice recognition systems, and scrolling wheels that are supposed to make finding a destination on the fly easier - assuming the vehicle doesn't lock out the nav screen altogether when you're moving. But in this Cadillac, all I had to do was press the blue OnStar button. That called up this innovative device called a "human being," who found my destination for me and sent turn-by-turn directions to my vehicle. I never had to look away from the road and didn't need to read the owners manual to find the correct voice commands. This feature is available, by the way, even if you don't have a nav system (the directions come through your radio display). In case I'm not being clear enough, this is a HUGE step up from most competitors' telematics, and yet I'll bet very few consumers know about all its features. GM's new marketing chief - whoever that happens to be this week - must make a more concerted effort to share OnStar's virtues with customers.inline_mediumwraptextright32629821/reviews/editors_notebook/1003_2010_cadillac_srx_turbo_awd_premium1003_03_z+2010_cadillac_sRX_turbo_aWD_premium+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue