We’ve all heard the hype about the connected car and how the internet will transform the dashboards of new cars coming soon to dealers everywhere. If you’ve been driving a car with a standard AM/FM ...

Just as the '64 Imperial had CONELRAD indicators on its radio, after they were no longer required, so did the radio in the '64 Plymouth Belvedere. Chrysler must have stocked up on radios well ahead of ...

Fig. 1: Average number of glances away from the road taken by test drivers when asked to tune to different stations. LONDON — Static tests in a parked vehicle can tell just a part of the story. Almost ...

Satellite radio has several advantages over conventional AM and FM stations: It's broadcast over clear, static-free digital signals from orbiting satellites. You can receive the same radio content ...

Many WTOP listeners have at one point listened to Washington’s all-news station on an AM car radio — Congress is debating a bill that would require automakers to ...

Android Auto and CarPlay are fantastic concepts that allow drivers to interact with the apps installed on mobile devices without getting distracted. The driver's distraction has long been a major ...

It's the perfect "California Dreamin'" fantasy: Riding in a Mustang down Sunset Boulevard with the car radio going. Almost from the beginning, the radio has been our traveling companion, playing the ...

We were all disappointed, no doubt, when we learned that the movie Oppenheimer didn't emphasize the role of the government-issue 1942 Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan that carried the plutonium core to ...

In theory, Android Auto should play nice with radio stations, thus allowing you to listen to whatever you want when connecting your Android device to the car. Do you want to listen to over the air ...

To our younger readers, a car without an all-touchscreen “infotainment” system may look clunky and dated, but really, you kids don’t know what they’re missing. Buttons, knobs, and switches all offer a ...