The way I see it, the empeg is almost immune to planned obsolescence... Who needs another car product?

Well, the slow file transfer (i.e., non-firewire) and black-and-white display
might eventually become annoying to some and make the unit seem dated.
Other than that, I agree. Many of us might still be using this unit a decade
down the road. (Plus I actually prefer black-and-white to a poorly-done
gaudy color interface for car use.)