DCA/ICC

[aft981]

Well this Nissan press release from the end of 2007 sort of explains what the DCA does.

http://www.nissan-global.com/E....html

However, I still don't quite get it. If you have the option of that or full range cruise control, what is the advantage of DCA?

The other thing mentioned on that press release, 'Enhanced Intelligent Cruise Control' got me wondering. We obviously don't have that completely on the EX, as we don't have full range cruise control, but that third paragraph struck me as interesting:

"World's first use of navigation map dataUtilizing route-information fed through the on-board navigation system, the Intelligent Cruise Control system can modulate the vehicle-speed in anticipation of the next curve on the road. When approaching a curve, the system gradually decelerates, and as it clears the turn onto a straight road, the system seamlessly resumes to its original speed."

Do we have this? All this time we have been wondering why our cars sometimes slow down when we have the ICC turned on and we go round a bend. Could this be the reason? Or is it something more mundane, like its just faulty?! lol. If we do have this, I take it all back, that's rather clever.