Vehicle including a data generating system which obtains or generates
information about the vehicle and a communications system coupled to the
data generating system for communicating directly with a wireless
Internet service provider (ISP) to enable the information obtained or
generated by the data generating system to be transmitted via the
Internet. The data generating system may be a diagnostic system which
diagnoses the state of the vehicle or the state of a component of the
vehicle and generates an output indicative or representative thereof. The
data generating system may be arranged to obtain or generate information
about the operation of the vehicle. Additionally or alternatively, the
data generating system may be arranged to obtain or generate information
about the presence of contents in the compartment and/or when contents
are present, information about contents in the compartment.