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CES 2013 Best of In-Car Innovations Goes to Sony, Phoenix Gold

There are CES Innovations Awards and then there are but a few “Best of Innovations Awards” in Design and Engineering bestowed upon some deserving suppliers.  For 2013, the in-vehicle “Best of” winners...

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More In-Car CES Innovations Awards

Monday, we reported on the “Best of Innovations” Awards won by Sony and Phoenix Gold.   Here follows some of the other Innovations Awards winners for car-related products. iSimple Solutions (Aamp)...

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Aftermarket Mirror Gets Smartphone-Like Screen

A new rear view replacement  mirror from Intraphex  offers a built-in 4.3 inch capacitive touch screen—the kind used in smartphones offering responsive touch control. The mirror serves as a back up...

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Car Audio Takes up to 50% Hit in NE From Hurricane Sandy

In states hit hard by Hurricane Sandy,  sales of car audio products have dropped off by 30 to 50 percent, according to leading distributors, reps and local retailers. Storm damagge at Thunderball...

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Maxxsonics and West Coast Customs Announce Collaboration

Maxxsonics said it has entered a licensing agreement with West Coast Customs to provide car audio products under the West Coast Customs label. Stiefel of Maxxsonics (Left) and Friedlinghaus of West...

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Car Audio NPD Results for Q3

Car audio sales to retailers in the third quarter showed fairly steady sales in amplifiers and speakers, but  declines in in-dash radios. Sales to consumers of car AV receivers including in-dash or...

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Kenwood to Intro WiFi Car Deck at CES

Kenwood will introduce at CES in January, one of the industry’s first in-dash navigation/radios with a WiFi connection to the Internet. The device will give you a connection to a dedicated Kenwood...

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Best Buy in for Rough Holiday: WSJ

After Best Buy reported a loss of $10 million for its recent quarter on Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal said the results suggest a “gloomy” holiday season for the retailer. “Third-quarter financial...

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A Car Audio Thanksgiving Story

Just about every small business goes through hard times. Retailers in the Northeast struck by Hurricane Sandy had an especially rough fall this year. They might be interested in the story of this car...

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Black Friday Beginning to Backfire for Retailers

By some accounts, it was a record Thanksgiving weekend this holiday, with sales up 13 percent over last year. Walmart over Black Friday week 2012 From Black Friday, November 22 through Sunday, spending...

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MyFord Touch Gets Better Voice Control

Ford is offering a newly improved version of the MyFord Touch and Sync radio system with better voice control and Bluetooth, it said. Ford Fiesta 2014 via Autoblog Navigation has also been updated in...

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Siri Comes to Chevy Sonic and Spark EV

Chevrolet announced it will offer Siri “Eyes Free” voice control technology in the 2013  Sonic and electric Spark EV, becoming the first U.S. car maker to incorporate Apple’s popular voice assist...

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Car Audio Black Friday Wrap Up

Once again retailers in the Mobile Electronics Specialists of America (MESA) buying group reported solid Black Friday weekend results. However, retailers around the country say consumers are still...

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Small Business Saturday Worked–Get Involved!

Here’s a statistic for you: over 90 percent of small businesses say that Black Friday has little or no impact on their bottom line. So it’s great news that Small Business Saturday, held the day after...

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3 Years Till In-Car Voice Really Rocks

Voice recognition at its best in a car today is about 90 percent accurate.  The goal of the car companies and of speech recognition software supplier Nuance is to reach about 95 percent accuracy. And...

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MTX Lets Go of Reps for 2013

MTX has terminated many if not all of its manufacturer representatives for 2013, according numerous sources including reps, some of whom were notified last week. MTX Road Thunder eXtreme The company...

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Rockford First With Speaker “Klippel” Verfication

Rockford Fosgate said it is the first company to be certified in a new standard for manufacturing and quality control in speakers. The company’s products going forward will bear the “Klippel Verified”...

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Next Gotta Have Auto Tech Coming in Q1

Two thirds of consumers are interested in safety features like blind spot detection when they next buy a car, according to a study by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. So car audio retailers...

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Pre-CES Car Stereo Peek at 2013

The CES show is only a month away and we’re getting a glimpse of what to expect in terms of new technology. The good news is that 2013 will be a year with some new tech twists in car audio. Expect to...

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Even Car Seats Get Bluetooth

Yes, even your seat in the car may soon radiate with Bluetooth so you can adjust it perfectly to your body through…..an app, of course. Faurecia Bluetooth seat. Photo via Wired.com Maybe instead of...

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