Car News
Fed Warns Car Cos. Against Car Gadgets
Outspoken U.S. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood is telling car makers he is not happy with so much distracting...
TomTom’s Blue&Me Finally Hits U.S.
TomTom is finally bringing its “Blue&Me” car navigation/radio to North America in the 2012 Fiat 500. The system...
AudioControl Ships New “Remotes”
AudioControl is now shipping new “universal” remote level controls for their car audio products. The remotes come in...
Cellphones May be Cancer Hazard
Cellphones are now classified in the same category as the pesticide DDT, lead and engine exhaust, or as...
Steve Jobs to Unveil iOS5 June 6
Updated: There’s no word on whether we’ll see a new iPhone next Monday, but we will see the...
Pioneer: Navi Shortages to Clear in 30 Days
Pioneer said it expects to fill backorders on its new in-dash navigation models—the AVIC-X930BT and AVIC-Z130BT-–in 30 days,...
WSJ: Expect More BlackBerry PlayBooks in Cars Starting Fall
Move over iPad, car makers may unveil demo cars that integrate a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet starting this fall,...
Rockford Promotes Hephner
Rockford Corp. named Theresa Hephner as its new senior director of product development and marketing as of May...
MECP Hits 200 Master Installers at Once
The number of installers with current MECP masters certifications topped 200 for the first time. While there have...
Pioneer Ships ’App Radio’ in June at Under $500
Pioneer will ship at the end of June the aftermarket’s closest car radio yet to a smartphone in...
Toyota to Let You Facebook Friend Your Car
Toyota is investing millions in a social network for your car to launch in Japan next year called...
Car Leasing Rising After Meltdown in 2008
When the economy tanked in 2008, so did car leasing, which fell from about 30 percent of new...
CEA TV Slot Features Alpine, DICE, Crimestopper…
A Crimestopper mirror with backup camera, an Alpine deck with Pandora and a Sony AV receiver with TomTom...
Now Ford Has Heart Rate Monitor Seat
Of all the directions car technology could take, we have to say, medical monitoring wouldn’t have made our...
Dealer Seeks Help After Tornado
Some of our industry members lost their homes in the tornado that hit Joplin, MO this weekend. Four...
Best Buy Says Shopkick Improved its Traffic
…so now it is expanding its use of the shopkick app that rewards users for simply walking in...
Car Stereo Discounters Ordered to Refund Customers
Fellas, here’s one to post on the store wall. Dealer Cost Car Audio and related stores/Web sites owned...
Apple to Intro Curved Glass iPhone 5: Report
Apple has already purchased 200 to 300 glass cutting machines because the iPhone 5 will have a curved...
BlackBerry PlayBook Hits 250K: Analyst
We keep following BlackBerry PlayBook tablet sales, because we have a hunch the PlayBook will make its way...
Gas to Fall 50 Cents
Despite the scary predictions of $5 and $6/gal. gas by some pundits, it looks like gas prices are...