Dodge-CEO fragt in der „Back-to-Basics“-Suche nach Einsteigerautos: „Brauchen Sie ein Radio?“
https://www.thedrive.com/news/dodge-ceo-asks-do-you-need-a-radio-in-back-to-basics-quest-for-entry-level-cars
Dodge-CEO fragt in der „Back-to-Basics“-Suche nach Einsteigerautos: „Brauchen Sie ein Radio?“
https://www.thedrive.com/news/dodge-ceo-asks-do-you-need-a-radio-in-back-to-basics-quest-for-entry-level-cars
38 Kommentare
I don’t I guess, but radios are incredibly cheap to put in cars. I would rather have a radio than a fucking screen with no buttons
how is that the expemse car companies want to cut back?
My current car didn’t come with a radio. 2009 hyundai. Just had a little holder/compartment in its spot. Also no power windows.
To get the deal done, the salesman offered to have an aftermarket pioneer cd/mp3/usb player installed.
I think there’s a market for dumb cars. But with all the money they get from replacing physical instruments and buttons with screens, and spying on us with trackers and selling the data, it probably isn’t any cheaper for them to do so.
My ’70 Challenger came without a radio.
This assumes radio is only used for entertainment. And if that is the assumption, yeah probably not.
When a disaster happens and cellular is jammed and your power is out or you are on a trip, radio can actually save lives. So yes. Vehicles should have a radio.
ETA: I was in one of those California wildfires many years ago and my only access to information was my cars radio.
Does a dodge CEO need a 23 million dollar salary? I think not.
Just leave me and empty double din radio spot… / unboxes old Alpine 7909… awww yeah….
Yes, I want a radio. Do I want seven big ass screens scattered all around the car? No!
WHAT ABOUT LITERALLY ALL THE OTHER ELECTRONIC SHIT THEYVE BEEN ADDING TO CARS? There’s no way it’s this fuckin hard
Yes, I do.
I want simple entertainment that doesn’t require a subscription and a credit card, every once in a while I don’t want to choose a playlist, I want to hear somebody from my community and not only a millionaire podcaster from somewhere in Austin.
I also want a time proven notification system in case of disaster.
Well, i dont need a satellite gps in my car that’s for sure. I would rather go back to old fashion car radios with a cd player. While I like my backup camera showing things behind me on an easy to see screen, automakers are putting ads on it and calling it „infotainment“. Fuckers. I’d rather just do without.
Motherfucker I ONLY listen to NPR in the car. And what about road trips? There are huge swaths of this country with no cell service.
We don’t need to remove basic features to make cheaper cars. Manufacturers used that as an excuse to charge more and more money
for me back to basics means back to radio in cars, not 1000 appstores, subscriptions, pay-options, etc
It’s a legal requirement for cars in the US, so yes.
Are they about to make the radio a pay to use subscription now?
I’d rather have an AM/FM radio with BASIC bluetooth connectivity than a distracting screen that occupies a third (or more) of the dash-board.
Do you really need that windshield?
You know what I don’t need? Stellantis vehicles and their atrocious reliability and build quality.
And shit like this is why America is never getting Chinese cars. US car manufacturers would be totally destroyed by them.
I’d go for manual windows and none of the electronics for opening trunks, gas intake door etc before removing the radio. But make it all basic physical buttons, remove screens
I’m biased because I’m a community radio DJ, but even looking beyond that, you typically can’t find easy, free ways to stream audio of a baseball or football game.
Really, if nobody was listening to radio in their cars the stations would have already gone out of business.
Real talk, when did so many American CEOs become so dumb? What’s the per unit cost of a radio in a modern car? Has to be less than $250 or so at volume. So that part is half of a percent of the total cost of the car and one that brings joy/entertainment to the driver. It’s like opening a restaurant and trying to cut costs by buying dirty, used tablecloths. Why would you even try to step on this landmine? There are so many other ways to cut $250 per car. I feel like this is some weird get-free-advertising-with-dumb-hot-takes strategy or something. It’s just totally bizarre.
„Back to basics“ does not mean get rid of the most basic thing that cars have had since the 1940’s. It means get back to the fucking basics. Buttons, radios, real speedometers, etc. Hell i’d even take hand roll windows for a certain price. This is not hard stuff.
A basic fm/am radio like you can buy for 5 dollars? Yes.
A whole entertainment system than can do satellite internet and streaming video? No.
Hell yes I use the radio. I could do without the huge-ass touchscreen controlling everything.
On 9/11 in NYC, cell phone networks were down and the only way to know what was happening were radios. People were crowded around parked cars with the windows down and the speakers cranked to max volume. I was able to run into a Radio Shack to buy a portable radio and some headphones.
I know radio seems like a dying irrelevant format most days, but it can be a crucial communication lifeline in emergencies.
Again they miss the point. We just want our buttons back 😭😭😭
Not really but something tells me the difference between me affording a car and not affording a car isnt the fuckin radio that cars probably had before they even had windshield wipers I mean Jesus Christ
Radio is all we had after Helene.
Dodge CEO…
I’m gonna stop you right there. I buy Toyotas. I like radios but love predictable reliability.
With CEOs like these it’s no wonder the US auto industry is a walking corpse
If the backup cam is federally mandated, you might as well include the radio.
There’s no savings there.
Maybe stop spending money on UConnect software and just lets everyone use CarPlay or Android Auto like they’re going to do anyway.
Speakers are cardboard and plastic anyway, it’s not like they cost anything.
I use my radio every day. Pretty common in rural America. I get radio coverage 99% of the time but lose data coverage 60% of the time.
Do people need to daily drive a 5000 lb, 6 figure pick up as a daily driver?
We certainly don’t need a big fucking screen that is focused on collecting a shitload of telemetry from us.
How else am I supposed to listen to the audio at the drive-in?