South Korea's LG Electronics has closed a USD 370 million in-car audio deal with VW. With this, LG is now one of the largest supplier of car audio, supplying for 3 brands under the VW Group - VW, Seat and Skoda. The 7 year deal will start in 2012.
LG Electronics also said that its car audio systems display information from various electronic control units inside the vehicle and provide diagnostics reporting on the condition of components including speakers, antenna and other peripheral devices. It also helps users connect to external media via Bluetooth, USB and SD.
The deal is said to put LG as one of the top 3 car audio suppliers. Not sure who is the largest car audio manufacturer, but I reckon that names like Panasonic, Blaupunkt (formerly division of Robert Bosch GmbH), Fujitsu-Ten (sold under Eclipse brand) and maybe Visteon (spin off from Ford) and Delphi (spin-off from GM) should round up the top 5 car audio makers. Anyone knows what the actual top 5 list should be?
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visteon buys their units from other suppliers. I don't think they make their own, plus I think they are folding. I don't think Blaupunkt is in the best finacial shape either. Panasonic is #1. I expect Alpine, Clarion and Kenwood to be some of the top names.
Ahh...thanks for the input!
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