List of car audio manufacturers and brands
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This list of car audio manufacturers and brands comprises brand labels and manufacturers of both original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and after-market products generally related to in-car entertainment that already have articles within Wikipedia. While components sold by these companies have much in common with other audio applications or may market the same products for non-ICE applications, they are noted for marketing their products specifically for ICE use.
- Alpine (Aftermarket car audio and infotainment components; OEM option in certain FCA/Stellantis vehicles for premium audio)
- Audison
- BeatsAudio (OEM in certain FCA/Stellantis models such as the Chrysler 300 and Volkswagen models such as the Volkswagen Jetta)
- Blaupunkt (also an OEM option for the 2004–2006 Pontiac GTO and 2008–2009 Pontiac G8)
- Rockford Fosgate (available as OEM equipment on select Mitsubishi models)
- Bowers & Wilkins (Was OEM on earlier Jaguar models such as the 2009-2010 Jaguar XF)
- Bose (Offered as OEM on various auto brands)
- Boss Audio
- Boston Acoustics
- Burmester Audiosysteme
- Cadence
- Cerwin-Vega Mobile
- Clarion
- Digital Designs
- Directed Electronics manufacturers tuners for SIRIUS-XM Satellite Radio
- Dual
- Dynaudio
- Focal-JMLab
- Grundig
- Harman International Industries
- Includes the following:
- AKG (Currently OEM exclusive to Cadillac)
- Bang and Olufsen (exclusively OEM option for Ford vehicles, Audi, certain Aston Martin and Mercedes-Benz models)
- Harman Kardon
- Infinity
- JBL
- Lexicon (company) (OEM on Genesis models such as the Genesis G80)
- Mark Levinson
- Revel (OEM on newer Lincoln vehicles)
- Includes the following:
- JL Audio
- JVC
- KEF (OEM feature on select Lotus models, including the Lotus Emira)
- Kenwood (also an OEM option for the Hyundai Accent and Hyundai Tiburon vehicles)
- Krell (Offered on the now-discontinued Acura RLX)
- Lear Corporation (supplier of BMW, Audi, JLR, Daimler, Bentley and others)[1]
- LG
- McIntosh
- Sonus Faber (Found on Maserati models)
- Meridian Audio (optional extras on Jaguars and Range Rovers, and standard on McLarens)
- Milbert Amplifiers (Vacuum tube car audio equipment)
- MTX Audio
- Monster Cable (manufacturers speaker wiring)
- Nakamichi (also an OEM option for Lexus vehicles)
- Naim (specially for 'Bentley' a British brand)
- Orion
- Panasonic (a brand of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) (manufacturers Fender and ELS sound systems for Volkswagen and Acura vehicles)
- Parrot Automotive
- Pioneer (also an OEM option for many GM, Ford, Mazda pickup trucks, Toyota/Lexus and Honda vehicles)
- Polk Audio
- Sanyo
- Sony
- THX (Was offered on select older Lincoln models such as the Lincoln Town Car and Lincoln MKS)
References
[edit]- ^ "Automotive Audio Systems, Systems Integration, Sound Lab | Lear Corporation". www.lear.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03.