If you keep up with the ins and outs of new cars, you probably know that Lexus is notorious for hanging onto physical media players for way longer than they arguably have to. It was one of the last ...

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, ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KRON) — If you purchased a new car model ...

When it comes to media, streaming is unquestionably the standard these days and has been for quite some time. Nevertheless, some folks still prefer to have a hard copy, and yes, that includes CDs. As ...

General Motors will no longer offer compact disc players in any of its passenger vehicles starting with the 2022 model year, GM Authority reports, so you can finally ditch the sun visor CD rack. The ...

We thought cassette tapes were old, but now CDs have reached that same level. Who would’ve thought that in 2025, there would still be new vehicles being sold with CD players? Well, we checked, and our ...

Over time, the way that people listen to music in the car has changed dramatically. Long gone are the days of compact disc (CD) changers and even, in most cases, CD players themselves. Apple’s CarPlay ...

Q: We recently bought a new car and there is no CD player, which is inconvenient for us with massive CD collections. And even though I don’t smoke, I realized that cars no longer have ashtrays.

One thing you're guaranteed to find in the home of anyone old enough to remember the 1990s is a stack of CDs. And we don't mean certificates of deposit. For older millennials, they can be CDs of ...

(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 ...