Car News
Sept. New Car Sales Upbeat
Despite a jittery economy, new car sales this month are expected to be much stronger than in August....
iPhone 5 to be Announced Oct 4: AllThingsD
A blog that is part of the Wall Street Journal network reported that Apple will introduce the next...
OnStar FMV Gets $100 Instant Rebate
OnStar’s new retail mirror, the FMV, is now $100 cheaper through an instant rebate that brings the price...
Ford Sync Get’s OnStar-Like Free Operator Help
Ford began testing live operator assistance this spring, and Tuesday it officially switched on the feature for users,...
First 4G LTE Phone Under $100 from Verizon
On Monday, Verizon announced it will carry its first 4G LTE smartphone to break the $100 price floor....
Rear Seat Video Holographic Display Gets Demo
The future of back seat video may go well beyond tablets and eventually use holograms instead. A holographic...
Motor Vehicle Theft Drops 7.4 Percent
Motor vehicle thefts continue to decline, according to the FBI, which said vehicle thefts fell 7.4 percent in...
Atrend Offers Custom Woofer Loading
Atrend, which makes car speaker box enclosures, launched a new custom loading service. Dealers can now arrange that...
A Quarter Use iPod/MP3 Player in Car
A new study provides a sweeping look at gadget use in the car. Conducted in July, it found...
BlackBerry Sales Fall Below Expectations
Fewer BlackBerry phones were shipped during the recent quarter, parent company Research in Motion (RIM) disclosed, causing a...
Remote-Park Car with an iPhone
First parking assist wowed us and now parking your car from your iPhone tops that. Yup. You exit...
SoundMan Seeks to be Facebook of Car Audio
SoundMan Car Audio is hoping you will visit a new area of its web site, which it wants...
Crimestopper Offers Remote Start from Phone
Crimestopper is shipping MobileStart, which remote starts your car from your smartphone or computer from virtually anywhere in...
Viper SmartStart Extends to Windows Phone
Directed Electronics said a new Viper SmartStart for Windows Phone 7 smartphones should be available by the end...
SiriusXM to Raise Fee to $14.49/month
Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin announced the satellite radio service will increase prices on January 1, which will...
Another Alpine Maverick Passes
Dean Foster, known as the late Reese Haggott’s right-hand man, who helped launch the Alpine car audio brand...
Ford Future: Hardware Modules for the Dash
At Techcrunch Disrupt this week Ford showed aftermarket hardware modules for the dash that car stereo shops and...
Al & Ed’s Raises Labor Fees to $125/hour
18-store chain Al & Ed’s Autosound --the Southern California retailer that pioneered the “free install,“ it claims--now charges...
Parrot to Ship New Bluetooth Car Kit
Parrot will deliver next month a new Bluetooth car kit that lets you keep two phones paired on...
Terminal Mode is Now MirrorLink
By now you’ve probably heard of Terminal Mode—a standard for syncing your phone with a car radio so...