What car is sporting the last cassette deck made?

[RaymondP]

....sadly lucky to find a CD player nowadays on a new vehicle, let alone a cassette player. Very sad. Gone the way of manual trans. Progress????

 

[Ed in Tx]

My '02 Trailblazer has the Delco CD-Cassette radio.

Which manufacturer had the last AM Stereo radio and when was it discontinued? Of course there are no known AM Stereo broadcasters left.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

....sadly lucky to find a CD player nowadays on a new vehicle, let alone a cassette player. Very sad. Gone the way of manual trans. Progress????

Like I said, my Wife's crosstrek has a 6Mt and a CD player - and BT + Andriod Auto !

I think a new corolla 5 door can be optioned with a MT.

There are still plenty of refurbished and cared for "vintage" sports cars out there with a MT, e,.g: Porsche, Triumph, Fiat, Alfa, M-Roadster, TVR, Lotus, Datsun 350Z.

1973 TR-6 low miles, no rust, asking $20K -

 

[2005jettatdi]

My Jetta, with only 326,000 miles on it, has both CD and cassette player. I never use the cassette player. New cars have neither. I guess there is something you are supposed to do with your smart phone if you want to listen to music or other noise in remote areas. I have not figured out what that is.

 

[John105]

My ‘06 LS430 has one though I’ve never used it.

My 1998 Maxima had one and that got junked this year. I also used that 1x to make sure it worked in March 1998.

 

[WylieCoyote]

Got one! And by some miracle, it still works. I'm thinking it must be direct drive instead of belt drive. The Laser and Fiero both had cassette players, but they did not work.

 

[PF52]

The Laser and Fiero both had cassette players, but they did not work.

Mine too, but it did need some repairs about a decade ago; some capacitors (I think) and the drive belt were bad.

I'm posting the picture just because I had it handy on the 'ol computer.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

My Jetta, with only 326,000 miles on it, has both CD and cassette player. I never use the cassette player. New cars have neither. I guess there is something you are supposed to do with your smart phone if you want to listen to music or other noise in remote areas. I have not figured out what that is.

Assuming you are not being sarcastic
Bluetooth now has an improved codec for music which is "CD" quality
So you just wirelessly send music to any Radio that has BT.

If you have an older head unit with an Aux in, you can buy a BT receiver adapter for under 20 bucks that will allow this "modern" connexion.

 

[WylieCoyote]

I had to resort to this. FYI, it's terrible.

 

[I<3oil]

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Dang. I was gonna say, the 2004-2008 Nissan Maximas still had them.

 

[wings&wheels]

Funny, I just bought the one in the pic for my '74 BMW 2002. I have the Continental retro radio in it now, but it is so original needs something period correct.

 

[Jetronic]

I still rock casettes at home, but not in the car, I went USB/SD there.

 

[GMBoy]

My 94 and 96 Corvettes both have Bose CD and Cassette units.

 

[Chris142]

My 02 jeep still has one. I have not tried playing one to see if it still works. I think I saw a black sabbath tape in my pickup a few days ago.... Hmmmmm

 

[PandaBear]

This looks like a Camry XLE dash

 

[HemiBenny]

I remember the beautiful sound of the cassette tape being eaten inside the player. That strange crinkling sound that you heard just as the music started to sound weird would make you reach for the eject button at superhuman speed.

 

[ctechbob]

My TL has one. If memory serves, the thought from Acura at the time was that it would be bought by traveling professionals that tended to listen to a lot of books on tape.

I remember traveling with my dad in the 80's in the summer when school was out. He was an account manager for all the states east of the Mississippi and south of Virginia. We listened to a ton of books on tape.