The OnStar safety system is escaping from the corral of General Motors and will be available in the spring to people who own cars and trucks made by other auto companies. To get the service, though, consumers will have to buy a special OnStar rearview mirror for $299 and then pay a monthly fee that starts at $18.95. The system, known by television commercials that depict operators sending help to people in car crashes, will be sold at Best Buy and other retailers for use in non-GM vehicles and older GM cars and trucks that don’t have the service, the company says. GM says the mirror will work on 99% of the 20 top-selling non-GM vehicles from the past 10 years, or about 55 million cars and trucks.
GM to offer OnStar for other vehicles
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