Car News

Cobra Awarded CB-to-Phone Patent

Cobra Electronics said it has been awarded a patent regarding CB Radios and connectivity to cellphones. The patent...

Backup Camera Sales to Near Double

Backup cameras are expected to continue their ascent, growing by 40 to 50 percent in unit sales this...

M Rothman Named Sony Distributor

M. Rothman said it was named the Sony Mobile distributor in the Northeast effective last month. The company,...

Directed Sells Off Orion Car Audio Brand

Directed said it has sold the Orion car audio brand to MD Audio Engineering, the U.S. arm of...

Fed Proposes Limits on Car Navigation

The Fed proposed Thursday that auto makers produce connected car radios that require the car is in park...

Massive Audio Updates Car Speaker Line

Massive Audio is now shipping its new CK X line car audio speakers, updating its CK Series with...

Remote Start-from-a-Phone Sales Update

Sales of smartphone-controlled remote start are beginning to make a dent in overall remote start sales. The In-Car...

Best Buy’s Other Car Audio Trial

Best Buy is expanding its BFF relationship with Car Toys beyond the expeditor sales announced Tuesday. It is...

Apple Testing Smaller iPad: WSJ

Apple is beginning to test a smaller iPad, with a screen around the size of 8-inches, reports the...

Best Buy Officially Enters Car Expeditor Market

Best Buy and Car Toys officially announced they will begin selling car AV/navigation equipment to car dealerships and...

42 % of Aftermarket Car Radios Have Bluetooth

About 42 percent of all in dash car radios sold at retail in 2011 were Bluetooth equipped, according...

Aftermarket OE Integration for Cars Hits $170 Million

Devices that help you connect an iPod or smartphone in the car are gaining in popularity, accounting for...

Audiovox to Launch New OE Fit Radio Program

While OE-Fit or factory look a-like car radios are spiking in sales at car dealers, retailers have been...

Directus Adds Navi to Chevy Equinox

DIRECTUS released its latest version Prodigy One system; this time for the Chevrolet Equinox.  The product is unusual ...

Ford Expands Sync Availability

The Ford Sync is now available as standard equipment (standard, not optional) on all trim levels for the...

Fed Loosening up on Driver Distraction:WSJ

The Fed is changing its tune on calling for a full ban on cellphone use in the car,...

Apple iPad 3 Due Next Month: Report

Apple will announce in early March a new iPad that will ship shortly after, reported the AllThingsD blog...

JBL Ad Features Paul McCartney

As part of its new TV campaign that kicks of at the Grammy Awards presentation this Sunday, Harman...

VOXX (Audiovox) Buys Hirschmann

VOXX, parent company to Audiovox Electronics, announced it entered an agreement to buy Tier 1 OEM supplier Hirschmann...

Sirius XM Announces On Demand and Personalized Radio

Sirius XM confirmed it will launch two new premium services for its Internet subscribers including an on-demand service...