<P> An FM receiver was offered by Blaupunkt in 1952 . In 1953, Becker introduced the AM / FM Becker Mexico with a Variometer tuner, basically a station - search or scan function . </P> <P> In April 1955, the Chrysler Corporation had announced that it was offering a Mopar model 914HR branded Philco all transistor car radio, as a $150 option for its 1956 Chrysler and Imperial car models . Chrysler Corporation had decided to discontinue its all transistor car radio option at the end of 1956, due to it being too expensive, and replaced it with a cheaper hybrid (transistors and low voltage vacuum tubes) car radio for its new 1957 car models . In 1963 Becker introduced the Monte Carlo, a tubeless solid state radio, with no vacuum tubes . </P> <P> In 1964 Philips launched the Compact Cassette, and in 1965 Ford and Motorola jointly introduced the 8 - track tape in - car tape player . In subsequent years cassettes supplanted the 8 - track, and improved with longer play times, better tape quality, auto - reverse, and Dolby noise reduction . They were popular throughout the 1970s and' 80s . While the CD had been on the market since 1982, it was in 1984 that Pioneer introduced the CDX - 1, the world's first car CD player . It was known for its improved sound quality, instant track skipping and the formats increased durability over cassette tapes . Due to the ability that allowed drivers and passengers to change up to 10 CD's at a time, car CD changers started to gain popularity in the late 80s and continuing throughout the 90s . Stock and aftermarket compact disc players began appearing in the late 1980s, competing with the cassette . The first car with an OEM CD player was the 1987 Lincoln Town Car, and the last new cars in the American market to be factory - equipped with a cassette deck in the dashboard was the 2010 Lexus SC430, and the Ford Crown Victoria . </P> <P> From 1974 to 2005 the Autofahrer - Rundfunk - Informationssystem was used by the German ARD network . Developed jointly by the Institut für Rundfunktechnik and Blaupunkt, it indicated the presence of traffic announcements through manipulation of the 57 kHz subcarrier of the station's FM signal . ARI was replaced by the Radio Data System . </P>

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