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PHONICS DIGITAL 800W MAX CAR 2-CHANNEL MOSFET AMPLIFIER W/ BUILT-IN CROSSOVER | $58.15 | 8d 11h 11m | |
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PYRAMID PB880 1200 WATT 4 channel bridgeable car stereo amplifier with crossover | $99.99 | 0 | 4d 8h 45m |
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KICKER KX3 3WAY ACTIVE CAR STEREO CROSSOVER AUDIO BASS | $89.95 | 29d 13h 43m | |
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DIESEL AUDIO 1000W MAX 4 CHANNEL MOSFET CAR STEREO AMPLIFIER BUILT IN CROSSOVERS | $98.15 | 11d 8h 42m | |
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*NEW* AudioControl DQXS 6-CHANNEL CAR STEREO DIGITAL CROSSOVER & EQUALIZER DQ-XS | $499.95 | 25d 9h 30m | |
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KICKER 320W MAX 6-1/2" DS-SERIES 2-WAY CAR STEREO COMPONENT SPEAKERS W/ GRILLES | $87.15 | 29d 8h 35m | |
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A customer at Rockland Toyota in suburban New York recently asked why he couldn't recharge his cell phone through the USB port built into the otherwise sophisticated Toyota Venza crossover.
Evan Kuperman, the dealership's assistant general manager, took a deep breath. He shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
"Customers want everything to work with everything," Kuperman says of the proliferation of personal electronics. "How are you ever going to make that happen?"
Indeed, how to make that happen is a key challenge for the U.S. auto industry today. Smartphones, iPads, antenna-equipped laptops, MP3 players, and the wide world of Internet connectivity have become so core to American society that automakers are struggling to keep up with the challenge.
And they are not entirely succeeding.
The electronics and telecom industries are advancing at a 21st-century pace of product development. Meanwhile, automakers plod along on three- and four-year model cycles. That discrepancy means that automaker-installed features are becoming outmoded well before a consumer is done with a vehicle.
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High fuel prices and a slow economy are making such cars hot but also raising sales prices. So Cars.com and USA TODAY pitted compact sedans meeting strict price and mileage requirements in our latest head-to-head Shootout to help you pick a winner for your garage before car prices get even higher.
The Under 20/Over 35 Shootout judged five cars priced at less than $20,000, before shipping, and rated at more than 35 miles per gallon on the highway.
PHOTOS: See more of the cars we rated STORY: How the cars scored in the Shootout STORY: Meet the family who helped judge the Shootout carsAs usual — to make sure the Shootouts have a real-life connection — a family, as well as Cars.com and USA TODAY experts, judged the cars.
And that began swimmingly. The low-price, high-mileage compacts increasingly impressed family judge Frani Udell, a working mom from Northbrook, Ill., who hasn't been car shopping lately.
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