Display of an object or event in a motor vehicle environment

The invention relates to a method of operating a motor vehicle (1), by a receiving device (2) via a radio link (11), coordinates (19) of one (13) located around the feature in a vehicle environment (15, 16) are received and a driver of the the motor vehicle (1) via the vicinity feature (15, 16) provides information and / or prior to the vicinity feature (15, 16) is warned. The driver should get informed a position (26) of the surroundings feature (15, 16). By a display device (4) in the motor vehicle (1) a representation (24) of the vehicle environment (13) from a perspective (29) of the motor vehicle (1) provided, and by a control device (3), the received coordinates (19) in relative coordinates (28), which correspond to the perspective (29) converted. is to inform and / or warning the driver through the display device (24) (on the basis of the relative coordinates (28) a marking (25) a position (26) of the environment feature (15, 16) and / or a highlighting of the environment feature 15 , appears 16) (in the display 24) of the vehicle environment (13).