Patent ID: 8135514

Claim:
An automotive system for use with a vehicle, the vehicle including a body having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the body is positionable at a first front trim height position, and the second end of the body is positionable at a first rear trim height position, the system comprising: an ambient light sensor adapted to sense an ambient light intensity and to provide signals indicating the ambient light intensity; a speed sensor adapted to sense a vehicle speed; a suspension system coupled to the body and adapted to raise and lower the first end of the body relative to a horizontal plane and to raise and lower the second end of the body relative to a horizontal plane; and a controller in operable communication with the ambient light sensor, the speed sensor, and the suspension system, the controller configured to receive data from the ambient light sensor and the speed sensor and to provide commands to the suspension system, wherein: when the speed sensor senses that the vehicle speed is above a first speed threshold and the ambient light sensor senses that the ambient light intensity is below a first intensity threshold, the controller provides a first command to the suspension system to lower the first end of the body to a second front trim height position relative to the horizontal plane, where the second front trim height position is below the first front trim height position, and to lower the second end of the body to a second rear trim height position relative to the horizontal plane, where the second rear trim height position is below the first rear trim height position.