Car News
Car audio, 12-volt, EV and marine aftermarket news, reported for the people who run the business. Market shifts, brand moves, retail trends and what they mean for dealers, reps and manufacturers, from CEoutlook, covering the industry since 2012.
Escort Teams With NAV-TV on Factory-Like Radar Detection
As we first reported in January, Escort, Inc., and NAV-TV have partnered to allow radar warnings to appear...
60 Cars a Day at This 12V Shop
This car stereo shop pumps out 60 to 70 installations a day out of its main store alone....
Ex-Clarion Managers Find New 12V Roles
Robin McNeal former Clarion National Sales Manager has taken a new post at RetroSound. Additionally Leigh Powell, former...
The Best European Car Radios, Subs, Processors
The top car audio products this year in Europe were announced by EISA, the European Imaging and Sound...
Here’s the Start of Talking Cars
The first cars that will be able to communicate with traffic lights will launch this fall from Audi....
First Amplifiers Finally Debut From Hybrid
Hybrid Audio Technologies, the boutique speaker brand, is finally offering its first amplifiers, after 25 months of development....
First of its Kind Aftermarket Blind Spot Detector Debuts
VOXX Electronics will ship to dealers in September the first aftermarket blind spot detection system to use reliable...
Home Audio’s Bold New Moves
Home audio integrators are taking some big steps that the car audio industry might find inspiring. First, CEDIA,...
The Strange Emerging DVR Market
Dash cam or car DVR sales are on the rise but they are creating a different kind of...
Overtime Law 12V Retailers Should Note
A new overtime law issued by the Dept. of Labor will go into effect December 1 and car...
Pioneer, Kenwood, Alpine Saw Tough Q1
UPDATED (See update following story): Alpine and JVC Kenwood saw losses in the first quarter while Pioneer swung...
Hertz Ships its First DSP
Hertz will begin shipping its first digital signal processor (DSP), the H8-DSP, in mid August. While sister company...
Audiofrog Debuts Multiseat Stereo
Audiofrog will debut Multiseat Stereo, which is a new software platform for audio processing that will soon be...
New Car Audio Stats
How did the car audio retail market do in the first half of the year? Sales were close...
Clarion Appoints Petra Distributor
Clarion Corporation of America has appointed Petra Industries as the exclusive distributor of Clarion marine audio and accessories...
When Your Shop is Family
Showtime Audio in Chicago works on Lamborghinis, Teslas and more but it caters to all car audio jobs...
PAC Launches Next Gen Steering Wheel Interface
PAC introduced a new steering wheel interface that allows car radios to work with factory steering wheel controls....
Top Selling Car Audio Decks For First Half 2016
Here are the top car AV decks and AV/Navigation decks for the first half of the year, according...
Polaris Intros Its Own Radio
Polaris announced the RIDE COMMAND, a Bluetooth radio with a 7-inch screen that can connect to a user’s...
ESCORT Replaces 9500iX With New Radar Detector
ESCORT is replacing its best selling radar detector, the 9500 iX, with a new ESCORT iX. The new...