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.

IASCA Shifts Management, Structure

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IASCA, the sound off competition group, said its president Paul Papadeas is stepping down and Moe Sabourin will...

Verizon to Sell Samsung iPad Rival for $600

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Verizon Wireless says it will start selling Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablet next month for a hefty price tag...

TomTom Teams with HTC Phones

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TomTom is teaming up with HTC to offer navigation on HTC smartphones. TomTom maps will come preloaded on...

Sirius Talks Alternatives to Howard

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Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin recently spoke about life after Howard Stern if the shock jock does not...

Alpine Shows OEM Replacement Kits

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Updated! Alpine pre-announced a line of OE factory replacement radios kits called “Perfect Fit” at KnowledgeFest and said...

K40 Intro’s RL360

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In an age when BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes have safety systems that rely on radar, what’s a radar detector...

Apple Sells 4.19M iPads

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Apple posted another record quarter with profits up 70 percent, as it sold 4.19 million iPads for the...

Jobs Blasts 7-inch iPad Rivals

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the opportunity to blast Apple competitors today and dismissed the avalanche of 7-inch...

OnStar Seeks Insurance Discounts for Users

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OnStar is in discussions to line up insurance discounts for its customers as a way to encourage them...

Mercedes Offers Pandora Access

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Updated! First Mercedes-Benz announced an iPad dock for the car and two weeks later it has unveiled Pandora...

AT&T Sells iPad to Business Users

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The iPad is expected to catch on with businesses just as it’s caught fire with consumers. AT&T thinks...

Ron Trout Goes to JVC Mobile

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JVC Mobile Entertainment has hired industry veteran Ron Trout as western regional sales manager. Trout previously spent 7...

MERA Offers Extended Warranty

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The Mobile Electronics Retailers Association (MERA) launched a new extended warranty program to cover product, removal and re-installation...

Radio Plummets; Internet Radio Gains

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“If young people are the voice of the future, then terrestrial radio is in trouble,” concludes eMarketer. New...

Google’s Autonomous Car & Us

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While we were rushing off to KnowledgeFest, a Google car that can drive itself made news headlines. Autonomous...

Verizon, AT&T to Sell iPad

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Verizon will be selling the iPad this Christmas, even if it won’t get the iPhone until possibly next...

Cobra iRadar Detector

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Cobra’s new radar detector works with an iPhone, using the iPhone’s larger display and GPS capabilities to give...

New Audiobahn 5-channel Amp

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In case you didn't order Audiobahn's product catalog that became available this month, here's a look at one...

Audiovox Breaks Silence on FLO TV Exit

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Audiovox told Wall Street analysts Wednesday that it was disappointed that Qualcomm decided to suspend the FLO TV...

Amazon Intro’s Kindle Singles

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You may not know this, but you don’t often see books that are less than 50,000 words. That’s...