Method and apparatus for advanced vehicle preconfiguration

A system comprising:

• a mobile device including a processor and a memory, the mobile device being configured to access a vehicle account including first vehicle for which a user has first vehicle system settings, wherein the processor is configured to
• determine that a second vehicle has been associated with the vehicle account;
• initiate a settings configuration process, responsive to determining that the second vehicle is assigned to the vehicle account, wherein the configuration process configures the processor to:
• determine which settings of the first vehicle that are compatible for transfer to the second vehicle;
• present the first vehicle system settings that are compatible for transfer to the second vehicle;
• receive selection from the first vehicle system settings of selected first settings to be transferred to the second vehicle;
• receive edits of the first vehicle system settings to create edited first settings to be transferred to the second vehicle;
• present second vehicle system settings for the second vehicle that can be configured via the mobile device;
• receive configuration of the second vehicle system settings to create configured second settings for assignment to the second vehicle;
• save the selected first settings, the edited first settings and the configured second settings to a second vehicle initialization data set;
• and
• upload the second vehicle initialization data set, including identification of the second vehicle, to a server for transfer to the second vehicle.