The MX-5’s Grand Touring trim level is, to me, the most appropriate for the PRHT. With its more upscale interior, including leather seating and faux-leather trim and an upgraded Bose 7-speaker AM/FM/Sirius satellite radio/CD audio system, it’s the most comfort-oriented model in the lineup.
With its 2.0-liter, 166-horsepower engine, the third-generation MX-5 has gained the power […]

Parrot, a leader in wireless peripherals around the mobile phone, today announced the launch of two new products in the U.S.: the Parrot PARTY, a wireless portable stereo speaker, and the Parrot PMK5800, a new FM-based plug-and-play car kit with audio streaming. Both offer the convenience of being able to play music streamed from a […]

The XDMA6700 can be used to play regular CDs as well as MP3- and WMA-encoded discs via its single disc slot. The first impressions one gets when attempting to play these discs, however, are not very positive, as the system takes around 10 seconds from the time a disc is inserted to start producing any […]

Nissan becomes the last major Japanese auto manufacturer to enter the hybrid market, with its 2007 Altima Hybrid. While the Altima’s Hybrid’s technology is licensed from Toyota, the four-door ecosedan is very much a Nissan, with exterior and interior styling and a driving experience all its own.
With a sportier profile than the Toyota Camry Hybrid, […]

Mazda’s legendary MX-5 is evolving. First, it borrowed the pronounced fenders and angry, slanted headlights from its RX-8 big brother, and this year it’s traded in its old cloth roof for a sleek, retractable hardtop. The 2007 MX-5 Miata PRHT (the acronym stands for “power retractable hard top”) is a stylish roadster that looks equally […]

Mobile Electronics Magazine, the industry’s top trade publication, awarded Car Tunes Mobile Electronics of Allen Park, MI as the top mobile electronics “Retailer of the Year” in the nation.
With headlines of budget deficits, plant closings and job layoffs filling news reports coming out of Detroit, the mobile electronics “Retailer of the Year” award stems the […]

Highway stripes are 10 feet long and 30 feet apart. That means one stripe every 40 feet. No one really knows how this fundamental increment of civil engineering came to be. Well, I’m sure somebody knows, but that person works in the historical division of the federal Department of Transportation.

This is a person to avoid […]

Highway stripes are 10 feet long and 30 feet apart. That means one stripe every 40 feet. No one really knows how this fundamental increment of civil engineering came to be. Well, I’m sure somebody knows, but that person works in the historical division of the federal Department of Transportation.
This is a person to avoid […]

SVOX, a global supplier of text-to-speech output solutions for the automotive and mobile industries, teamed with Audi and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS to demonstrate during CeBIT a real-time transmission chain of the first live in-car reception of NewsService Journaline(R) service over Digital Radio DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) according to SVOX CEO Volker […]

Lear Corporation and Dirac Research AB today announced that they will display their latest innovations in premium sound systems for the automotive market in Booth 1635 at the 2007 Audio Engineering Society’s (AES) Pro Audio Expo and Convention in Vienna, Austria from May 5 - 8, 2007.
The Premium Sound System of Lear’s in-show display vehicle […]