Detroit ´88: Driver-friendly innovations: Car handling, riding comfort, and safety improve with systems that act automatically rather than wait for driver input

Electronic systems in the Big Three´s 1988 models help protect drivers from variables beyond their control as well as from their own lack of attention to maintenance. A new suspension system automatically provides instantaneous extra damping when needed, without the driver being aware of any change in suspension characteristics. A variable-assist steering system gives a firm, secure feel at high speeds but makes steering easy when parking. Passive restraint systems guard against serious injury during collisions. There is even an oil-monitoring system that takes into account the way a car is driven and warns the driver to change the oil within a certain number of miles.