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Fender Premium Audio - News & Reviews
01/09/2012 |
Motor Trend 2012 Car of the Year features Premium Audio System from Panasonic Automotive System Company of America and Fender Musical Instrument Corp. READ MORE> |
12/02/2011 |
The pricier Autobahn trim also rolls in a fantastic Fender premium audio system. Trust us when we say this is one that will make you want to ditch your iPod and in favor of a good, high-quality CD. READ MORE> |
11/1/2011 |
I couldn't help but be a bit disappointed when, near the end of my week with the Mustang Boss 302 (arguably the manliest car to pass though the Car Tech garage this year), I learned that the next car I'd be testing would the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle. I mean, the first generation of the New Beetle was a car best known for its dashboard-mounted flower vase. "What," I asked myself, "have I gotten myself into?" Fortunately, my fears were allayed when the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo rolled into the Car Tech garage. READ MORE> |
10/29/2011 |
In the center console is the very appealing touch-screen navigation and audio controller, which will synch up with your phone and play your music library wirelessly through the bright, fearsome Fender audio system. READ MORE> |
10/28/2011 |
CNET Review: The 2012 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo's Fender premium audio system is one of the best in this class. READ MORE> |
10/23/2011 |
Jetta GLI Autobahn and GLI Autobahn with Navigation feature the Fender premium audio system developed through collaboration with Panasonic.The system belts out 400–watts of power heard through nine speakers specially placed in the cabin backed by a trunk–mounted subwoofer for a live performance listening experience in or outside the car.Adding to the audio bragging rights is a classic chrome Fender logo poised on the windshield pillar tweeters. READ MORE> |
10/18/2011 |
The Passat's hard-drive-based navigation system (versus Accord's DVD) features far superior graphics and an intuitive touchscreen interface, plus extra disc space allotted for music storage. Even the sound quality (and two more speakers) of the VW/Fender system is superior and it better integrates/interfaces iPod use. READ MORE> |
10/6/2011 |
Packing a crystalline 400 watts and tuned by the people who crafted guitars and amps for Buddy Holly, Eric Clapton and a pantheon of other demigods, it makes you wonder why nobody asked Fender to craft a car-audio system before. READ MORE> |
06/08/2011 |
With crisp, clean sound biased toward the front of the interior to best replicate a live concert, this hi-fi is the best you'll find in a non-luxury car, and one of the best overall. READ MORE> |
06/08/2011 |
After three years of cooperative research with VW and Panasonic, Fender has delivered a nine-speaker setup that emphasizes clarity at every volume. Although the collaboration may sound like a marketing ploy, the sound doesn't lie. For us, it's the new standard for entry-level automotive audio, easily surpassing the Dynaudio premium systems VW traditionally offers. READ MORE> |
06/08/2011 |
Industry-leading mobile audio supplier Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America and Fender Musical Instruments Corp, the company that helped create the signature sound of modern music, today announced that the jointly designed Fender Premium Audio System will be featured in the all-new 2012 Volkswagen Beetle. READ MORE> |
06/07/2011 |
Developed in association with Panasonic, the eight-speaker, 400-watt system is standard on Highline and optional on Comfortline trims. Fender brings its expertise in making top-of-the-line guitars and amplifiers to the table in this system that is exclusive to Volkswagen. READ MORE> |
05/23/2011 |
The result is a system with a deeper bass response and less distortion when you crank up the volume. READ MORE> |
04/22/2011 |
Volkswagen is the second car company to dump Dynaudio as a premium-audio partner. The other being Dyn's fellow Scandinavians Volvo. But whereas Volvo's replacement was a lackluster no-name sound system that debuted in the S60, VW is launching its all-new 2012 Volkswagen Beetle by hooking up with guitar icon Fender. READ MORE> |
04/22/2011 |
"Volkswagen and Fender put the concert in the car." That wasn't just a reference to getting good sounds in your ride, it was also a clue to how you'd get that sound. But before we even sat down in the Passat for a listen, our first question was: why Fender? READ MORE> |
03/01/2011 |
As if an international icon with a turbo engine and performance-inspired design isn’t enough to blow the doors off your neighbor’s car, we added a Fender™ Premium Audio System that literally will. Fender, the go-to name in music audio, exclusively partnered with Volkswagen to redefine what car audio sounds like. MORE> |
02/14/2011 |
Want to hear the hum from Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar amp in "Little Wing?" It's there. Female vocals were breathily believable despite ear-splitting dance-oriented thumps [...] Vocals and instrumental work come from a stage at ear level. Your legs feel air pushed from the door's speakers. Those in back get a stage-like sound field with subwoofer-induced back massage. READ MORE> |
02/14/2011 |
During the Chicago show's press preview, Panasonic's Jim Viola and Fender's Brian Tedeschi demonstrated their latest musical collaboration: a Fender-branded premium sound system designed for VW's Jetta GLI, Passat and New Beetle successor. Viola says this audio system recreates Fender's secret sauce: clean bass, punch and sound that's not harsh yet cuts through highway noise. READ MORE> |
02/10/2011 |
Musicians and music fans alike are well familiar with the Fender name. Company founder Leo Fender has provided some of the best known electric guitars and amplifiers in the business to some of the hottest names in the recording industry for well over a half a century. With such a strong heritage of creating legendary music behind it, the company has now partnered with Volkswagen and Panasonic to bring the legendary punch Fender is known for into the 2012 Jetta GLI. MORE> |
02/10/2011 |
It is harmonically complex, revealing original instrumentation timbre and harmonic richness, bringing the raw emotion of live music to the driving experience. This system is worth upgrading to and sounds really fantastic. READ MORE> |
02/07/2011 |
If you're at all aware of music history, you know that Leo Fender and his company have been a major part of it. Their guitar technology, the distinctive sounds from the Stratocaster, Telecaster, among others, along with their amps, have been inspirational to countless musicians and songwriters. Now Fender is broadening their reach with an audio system for some new Volkswagen vehicles. READ MORE> |
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