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Kicker Launches New Amp Line
Kicker (Stillwater Designs) launched at CES a new car audio amplifier line sporting more power and a smaller...
Phoenix Gold Intro’s its First Mini Amps
Phoenix Gold (Aamp of America) is introducing its first mini car amplifiers as part of its SD-Series of...
Fusion Returns to Car Audio
Fusion is re-focusing on the U.S. car audio market after a few years of specializing mainly in marine...
Audi Asserts Infotainment Lead
For the first time a car maker is embedding the latest processor in auto infotainment systems, even while it's barely...
Escort Diversifies at CES
Escort, known for its radar detectors, is branching out into new product areas at CES, including a remote...
PAC Steering Wheel Controls for an iPhone (Not the Radio)
The Pacific Accessory Corporation (PAC) won a CES Innovation award for taking a different approach to controlling your...
Audiovox Heads Up Market
Audiovox Electronics said it will head upmarket on car audio head units and refrain from the current “...
New Diamond Audio Black Series
Diamond Audio is adding new black matte cosmetics to its full 2012 line, which has been restructured into...
CES: The Next Car Audio Display
Head up displays on the windshield are already being touted as the car radio display of the future...
DICE Brand Is Now Audiovox Driven by DICE
Audiovox and DICE have formed a partnership where Audiovox will distribute, market, and sell DICE car audio kits,...
Mobileye 5 Series Delivers Real Time Driving Alerts to Smartphone
While you are driving, if you drift from your lane or approach a car ahead too fast. your...
Directed Launches SmartStart from Cloud
Directed is showing at CES, its next generation remote start-from-a-phone, SmartStart 3.0 app, which now gathers info from...
TomTom Launches New “Start” PNDs
TomTom said it will simplify its portable GPS lineup and slash the number of models it carries by...
Clarion Adds Pandora; Beefs up Amps, Speakers
Clarion is placing a greater emphasis on amplifiers and speakers this year and is heading upscale on its...
OnStar Sells 20K Retail Mirrors To Date
OnStar officially answered the question we’ve been asking for months now. It has sold 20,000 retail FMV mirrors...
Android Control Sweeps JVC lineup
With Android smartphones gaining in market share, JVC Mobile is now including basic Android control on any of...
Alpine Shows First 8” Car In-Dash AV Radio
Alpine has figured out a way to place an 8-inch WVGA screen in a car radio with navigation...
Kenwood Adds Aha Radio; Expands Android
Now that more than half of smartphones sold are Android models, the car stereo market is responding with...
Sony Intro’s First MirrorLink Aftermarket Car Radios in U.S.
Sony announced 4 new car radios on Monday including 2 models with MirrorLink (formerly known as Terminal Mode). ...
Honda, Subaru First Car Makers to Include Aha by Harman
Aha by Harman—the app radio service for cars—will be available on 2013 model vehicles from Honda and Subaru—the...