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The two-story family room in the Mount Vernon model has a wall of windows, a fireplace and a built-in entertainment center.
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An infotainment highlight: a removable iPad in the center console serves as a multifunctional touchscreen. Along with Internet-based iPad applications and the media center, it also controls such functions as Bluetooth hands-free telephone and a navigation system.
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In this image provided by NASA the space shuttle Discovery is seen from the International Space Station as the two orbital spacecraft accomplish their relative separation on March 7, 2011, after an aggregate of 12 astronauts and cosmonauts worked together for over a week. During a post undocking fly-around, the crew members aboard the two spacecraft collected a series of photos of each other's vehicle. Discovery ended its nearly 27-year flying career when it landed Wednesday. (AP Photo/NASA)
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This image provided by NASA and photographed Sunday March 6, 2011, by an Expedition 26 crew member on the International Space Station shows Earth's thin line of atmosphere and a gibbous moon. (AP Photo/NASA)
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** FILE ** Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, a conservative watchdog group. (Media Research Center)
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The GM-Carnegie Mellon Collaborative Research Labs' self-driving sport utility vehicle called Boss, a robotized Chevrolet Tahoe, goes through its paces loaded with equipment that allows it to operate without a driver. (Carnegie Mellon University)
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In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 photo, Dr Ben Robins, right, a research fellow at Hertfordshire University shows off two 'Kasper' robots that he hopes will help with autistic children, in Hatfield, England. Autistic children play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control. The robot, named Kaspar, is programmed to do things like smile, frown, laugh, blink and wave his arms. He has shaggy black hair, a baseball cap, a few wires protruding from his neck, and striped red socks. He was built by scientists at the University of Hertfordshire at a cost of about 1,300 pounds ($2,118). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 photo, Ronnie Arloff smiles as he reacts to 'Kaspar' the robot as he takes part in research project, in Hatfield, England. Autistic children play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control. The robot, named Kaspar, is programmed to do things like smile, frown, laugh, blink and wave his arms. He has shaggy black hair, a baseball cap, a few wires protruding from his neck, and striped red socks. He was built by scientists at the University of Hertfordshire at a cost of about 1,300 pounds ($2,118). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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In this product image provided by Nintendo Co., the new "Pokemon" video game for the handheld Nintendo DS is displayed. (AP Photo/Nintendo Co.) NO SALES
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The Taurus XL rocket stands on Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Thursday March 3, 2011. Data from the Glory mission will allow scientists to better understand how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect Earth's climate. The liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is targeted for 5:09 a.m. EST Friday. (AP Photo/NASA - Randy Beaudoin)
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This image provided by NASA shows the encapsulated Glory spacecraft sitting atop the Taurus XL rocket and awaiting launch on the pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex in Calif., Feb. 22, 2011. Vandenberg Air Force Base officials sid the Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA's Glory satellite lifted off about 2:10 a.m. PST Friday, March 4, 2011, from the base. However the fairing surrounding the Glory spacecraft failed to separate properly preventing the spacecraft from reaching orbit. (AP Photo/NASA)
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Mazda will introduce a super-efficient SKYACTIV-G petrol engine and a SKYACTIV-Drive automatic transmission.
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Lexus has also positioned this one well for the younger set, offering commonly desired tech features like Bluetooth hands-free and audio streaming, full iPod control, XM Satellite Radio, keyless ignition and Lexus Safety Connect, all standard.
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the iPad 2 in San Francisco on Wednesday. It was his first public appearance since he began medical leave in January, and it prompted a standing ovation. (Bloomberg)
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Apple Inc. Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs stands under images of the iPad 2, left, and the iPad at an Apple event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Barbara Barclay of Tobii Technology, Inc. demonstrates a prototype laptop that tracks and can be controlled by the eye movements of the user in New York, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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This screen shot take from Facebook.com on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 shows a Facebook page set up by a person impersonating Army Sgt. James Hursey and showing Facebook friend Janice Robinson. Hursey, 26, discharged and sent home from war in Iraq to nurse a back injury, found a page with his photos on Facebook _ on a profile that wasn't his. It was fake, set up by someone claiming to be an active-duty soldier looking for love. The fake's cover was blown by Janice Robinson, of Orlando, Fla., after she had begun talking to him thinking he was one of several people named Mark Johnson that she knew. (AP Photo/Facebook) NO SALES
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Angus Wall, left, and Kirk Baxter accept the Oscar for best film editing for "The Social Network" at the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Chevrolet introduces MyLink, a smart interface design allowing drivers to utilize mobile communications technology while their phones remain safely stowed. MyLink builds on the safety and security of OnStar and seamlessly integrates online services like Pandora internet radio and Stitcher SmartRadio using hands-free voice and touch-screen controls via Bluetooth device connectivity. MyLink will be available first to ChevroletEquinox and Chevrolet Volt customers, later this fall. (Photo by Emile Wamsteker for Chevrolet)
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Optional low-rolling-resistance tires developed especially for the Panamera help this hybrid performance sedan deliver its impressive NEDC fuel economy figure.
