Several car models no longer have CD players Automakers need precious dashboard space for other things%2C like computer screens And many drivers get their music through iPods%2C thumb drives and ...

In-dash CD players are finally going the way of Razor scooters, shell necklaces and Ja Rule. Automakers have predicted this for the better part of the past decade as car stereos augmented the standard ...

The very first automotive compact disc player — the Pioneer CDX-1 — launched in 1984, but it wasn't until a few years later that you could purchase a new car with a factory-equipped unit. At the time, ...

A recent report from IMS Research's Automotive Electronics Group forecasts a continuing trend toward in-car CD players that can play MP3, WMA and WAV music files. A recent report from IMS Research's ...

(KRON) — If you purchased a new car model within the past few years, chances are it doesn’t have a CD player. In the digital age of online streaming, CD players have become a rarity. Most cars today ...

Since the mid-2010s, fewer and fewer new cars have been decked out with CD players. In-dash stereos are instead usually equipped with the long-standing car radio and some kind of media playback option ...

NPR proclaimed the automotive CD player dead, so it must be true. On Feb. 28, NPR broadcast an interview with Michael O'Brien, SUV group marketing manager for Ford, where he announced that CD players ...