While computer geeks are busy salivating over the newness revealed at Macworld (no removable battery for the MacBok Pro) and CES (Consumer Electronic Show) car types are excited by the Detroit Auto Show. Even if you don’t follow cars you’re familiar with the show. Auto manufacturers show off the latest concept cars, you think “That is AWESOME” and then a few years later the car that started out as the coolest street legal Batmobile ever produced is released to the public looking really, really ugly and undesirable. Heck, even the Pontiac Aztek probably looked pretty cool when it was a concept at the Detroit Auto Show.

This year the Detroit Auto Show features a really awesome iPhone accessory. Named the Chrysler 200C EV the car not only looks slick but obeys the commands of your iPhone:

...is a rolling test bed for Chrysler’s future uconnect in-car computer and communication device. It also connects directly to an iPhone, allowing you to pre-program the temperature, lock the doors, view an in-car camera remotely and track the car’s location live via GPS – all straight from the iPhone.

No word on how much this iPhone add on would cost but the idea is awesome.

Don’t get too excited yet. The concept is made by Chrysler and there is no telling how long that company is going to be around. And, as mentioned before, the 200C EV is just a concept. Which means by the time it makes it to market the specs will be cut in half, the cost will be outrageous (even for an iPhone accessory) and controlling the car with an iPhone probably be dumbed down to playing music over the speakers or something. On the other hand, if Chrysler gets this right, you might be looking at a wave of iPhone enhanced vehicles.

via: DailyHybrid