Always know where your car is! The MAPS tracking solution from Automotive Integration.

The growing number of car-jacking incidents has led Automotive Integration to partnership itself with a world leader of tracking technology and release the MAPS platform. The Monitored Asset Protection System allows an owner to view their vehicle's location from a smart phone or computer anywhere in the world. The most common source of prestige vehicle theft is when an owner is away on vacation and their house gets burgled. The thief finds the car keys and simply drives the car away. Unfortunately, the owner does not know the car has been stolen until they return, which is usually too late for the authorities to have any chance of recovering the vehicle. With the MAPS product, a "Geo Fence" is established around the vehicle's location while you are away and if there is any movement outside this 10 meter perimeter, the system will automatically alert a control room who will in turn contact the police. The technology is state of the art utilising both GPS and GPRS (3G) platforms and is global. This means that if your pride and joy was stolen and placed in a shipping container to be sent overseas, as soon as the doors on that shipping container open at the destination, the vehicle will immediately pop up on the tracking platform. This can considerably reduce an insurance premium for rare and exotic cars. The product is also popular with fleet management and infrastructure protection. There is a software package included with the monthly monitoring fee that will allow reports to run showing locations visited, duration at locations and speeds of vehicles. 

Please call Automotive Integration for a quote on (03) 90787101

A snapshot of the tracking platform.

A snapshot of the tracking platform.

A 991 protected with MAPS.

A 991 protected with MAPS.

The 458 Italia protected with MAPS.

The 458 Italia protected with MAPS.

An Aston Martin Vantage protected with MAPS.

An Aston Martin Vantage protected with MAPS.

The M3 with MAPS protection.

The M3 with MAPS protection.

The Maserati MC12 and the inaugural Hawaian Autoshow.

I had the pleasure of attending the first ever Hawaiian Autoshow to meet with some Pacific region dealer networks. While I was there, I had the rare opportunity to see the MC12 Stradale. This was a limited build supercar that was produced to allow Maserati to enter the FIA GT series of racing. A small number of road going vehicles ever made it out of Europe. With a 6.0 litre V12 engine that produced 460 Kw (620Bhp) , it could propel the car from 0-100 Km/h in just 3.7 sec and had a top speed of 330 Km/h. Seeing this car up close was a real privilege. Please see the pictures from the Autoshow below.

​The Maserati MC12.

​The Maserati MC12.

​The R/T Challenger.

​The R/T Challenger.

​The BOSS 302 Mustang.

​The BOSS 302 Mustang.

​Not much has changed inside.

​Not much has changed inside.

​The new Cadillac XTS.

​The new Cadillac XTS.

​The interior is a nice place to be.

​The interior is a nice place to be.

​The Ford Raptor. A supercharged V8 off-road monster.

​The Ford Raptor. A supercharged V8 off-road monster.