Car News
Gas Prices Impacting 12V Sales?
With gas prices soaring to $6.50 in California and topping $4 in many states, some retailers are seeing...
More Epsilon Brands Switch to MAP
As of June 1, all Epsilon Electronics' brands will now adhere to a Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) policy. ...
Andy W. Thanks Sidney Harman
We get accused of printing bad news, so we are taking the opportunity to reprint an uplifting story. ...
Two Management Changes at Kicker
Kicker officially announced the retirement of its long time Director of Global Marketing, Kevin Campbell this week. Campbell...
Tens of Thousands of Remote Start Modules Bricked by 3G Shutoff
Tens of thousands of aftermarket remote-start-by-phone modules in the field ceased functioning in February, when AT&T cut off...
Mr Retail on New 12V Products
Mr Retail After what seems like an eternity, vendors are showing and delivering new products. For many of...
An Update on Sony Car Audio
At the GoFast Mobile Expo distributor show this week, Sony Head of Sales, Aftermarket Car Audio Rick Kojan...
Latest 12 Volt Sales Forecast
After double digit growth for the last two years, car audio sales for the first two months of...
Quick Notes on New Products
New products have been hard to come by over the past two years, but here are some spot...
Industry Rallies Around Installer Program
A nationwide contest for young 12 volt installers that we reported on earlier this month has raised well...
First UTV Kit From This Brand
BOSS Audio announced a new 5-speaker/source unit system for the Polaris RZR, marking its first UTV-specific audio kit....
AAMP Global Acquires AudioControl
Given today's antics, we will preface this by saying this report is not an April Fool's jest. AAMP...
KENW00D Intros First Amp for Electric Vehicles
KENWOoD USA announced two new amplifiers with self-contained power cells specifically for electric vehicles. Electric car sales are...
Industry Leader Plans to Retire
Mike COfield, CEO of 20-store Custom Sounds & Tint and President of the MESA buying group, told CEoutlook...
AAMP Names New President
AAMP Global announced the appointment of Herb Brown as President of its North America division. In addition, former...
Motorcycle Audio Keeps Revving
Motorcycle audio sales have steadily climbed over the past several years and continue to gain a larger share...
Alpine Ships New Halo Receivers
Alpine Electronics of America is now shipping two new Hi-Res Halo floating screen receivers: the iLX-F511 11-inch radio...
No Cars, No Problem?
With fewer cars on the lot due to chip shortages, and car sales on the decline, aftermarket audio...
Is it Me, or is Inventory Improving?
By Mr Retail For almost two years now, we have been dealing with tighter and tighter inventory levels...
GM Files Patent for Transparent A-Pillar
A transparent A-Pillar may be a feature on future General Motors vehicles, based on a patent application by...