Garmin are pleased to announce the nüvi 1340 GPS navigator. This sat-navs features a widescreen ultra-slim design (approximately 25% thinner than previous models), pedestrian navigation with public transit mode, ecoRoute&trade, fuel-saver feature and text-to-speech. Take this sleek, pocket-sized navigator on journeys in and out of the car with new CityXplorer™ major city pedestrian mapping and public transport routing [optional download];add public transport information to plan the complete trip using public footpaths, cycle routes, subways, trains, buses and more – together with journey times, a travel itinerary breakdown and neighbourhood-based points of interest. Public transport timetables are also taken into account to calculate your best route and estimated time of arrival.

With an easy-to-use touchscreen display, nüvi’s enhanced user interface boasts improved graphics and new touch-and-slide menu operation. ecoRoute™ suggests fuel-efficient routes to save drivers fuel and money as nüvi 1340 routes to addresses, restaurants, hotels and more with spoken turn-by-turn directions - even announcing upcoming road names on your route. Every model in the series is traffic compatible, but traffic (T) models give live alerts for delays, incidents and road construction on the route through an included GTM traffic receiver. Models with premium traffic offer pan-European premium coverage;Free and Premium traffic services available only where coverage exists [visit www.garmin.com/traffic for details.

Traffic-enabled Garmins come with free lifetime traffic alerts in the UK. Garmin’s distinctive live traffic services use real cameras located every two miles along every major route to deliver 5.75 million congestion alerts every year. The traffic signal is transmitted through the automotive power lead and requires zero set up; simply plug and play.

The nüvi 1340 contains smart safety camera software to compare your route against a daily-updated log of fixed, temporary and mobile safety camera locations. This unique driver safety system uses a patented ‘corridor’ technique of camera validation to bring only the relevant alerts.

Take advantage of Lane Guidance by choosing nüvi 1340. Navigate confidently and without hesitation as nüvi shows the correct lane for upcoming exits and motorway junctions.

The nüvi 1340 is preloaded with mapping coverage for Western Europe with full street maps for 22 countries and major roads for 40. The map data is provided by NAVTEQ™, a world leader in premium-quality mapping.