After much debate on Twitter trying to decode the switch labeled ‘RVM’ in my Mazda CX-7, I’ve resorted to RTFM.
Mazda CX-7 RVM button
And the answer is ‘Rear Vehicle Monitoring’ system.
In other words a blind-spot warning system for when you’re about to change lanes on the motorway.
Always a useful bit of tech.
However, the picture that got all this going (above) raises a far more interesting question…
In a car where the only option you can select is metallic paint, why does it have two blank button slots that don’t do anything?
Perplexing.
Perhaps they’re for the Russian/American markets? Extra bits that we don’t get like ‘burger holder’ and ‘gold-plated money grip’. Maybe.