List of car audio manufacturers and brands explained

This list of car audio manufacturers and brands comprises brand labels and manufacturers of both original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and after-market products generally related to in-car entertainment that already have articles within Wikipedia. While components sold by these companies have much in common with other audio applications or may market the same products for non-ICE applications, they are noted for marketing their products specifically for ICE use.

• Alpine (Aftermarket car audio and infotainment components; OEM option in certain FCA/Stellantis vehicles for premium audio)
• Audison
• BeatsAudio (OEM in certain FCA/Stellantis models such as the Chrysler 300 and Volkswagen models such as the Volkswagen Jetta)
• Blaupunkt (also an OEM option for the 2004–2006 Pontiac GTO and 2008–2009 Pontiac G8)
  • Rockford Fosgate (available as OEM equipment on select Mitsubishi models)
• Bowers & Wilkins (Was OEM on earlier Jaguar models such as the 2009-2010 Jaguar XF)
• Bose (Offered as OEM on various auto brands)
• Boss Audio
  • • Boston Acoustics Burmester Audiosysteme Cadence
• Cerwin-Vega Mobile
• Clarion
• Digital Designs
• Directed Electronics manufacturers tuners for SIRIUS-XM Satellite Radio
• Dual
  • Dynaudio Focal-JMLab
• Grundig
• Harman International Industries
  • Includes the following:
    • AKG (Currently OEM exclusive to Cadillac)
    • Bang and Olufsen (exclusively OEM option for Ford vehicles, Audi, certain Aston Martin and Mercedes-Benz models)
    • Harman Kardon
    • Infinity
    • JBL
    • Lexicon (company) (OEM on Genesis models such as the Genesis G80)
    • Mark Levinson
    • Revel (OEM on newer Lincoln vehicles)
• JL Audio
• JVC
• KEF (OEM feature on select Lotus models, including the Lotus Emira)
• Kenwood (also an OEM option for the Hyundai Accent and Hyundai Tiburon vehicles)
• Krell (Offered on the now-discontinued Acura RLX)
• Lear Corporation (supplier of BMW, Audi, JLR, Daimler, Bentley and others)^[1]
• LG
• McIntosh
  • Sonus Faber (Found on Maserati models)
• Meridian Audio (optional extras on Jaguars and Range Rovers, and standard on McLarens)
• Milbert Amplifiers (Vacuum tube car audio equipment)
• MTX Audio
• Monster Cable (manufacturers speaker wiring)
• Nakamichi (also an OEM option for Lexus vehicles)
• Naim (specially for 'Bentley' a British brand)
• Orion
• Panasonic (a brand of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) (manufacturers Fender and ELS sound systems for Volkswagen and Acura vehicles)
• Parrot Automotive
• Pioneer (also an OEM option for many GM, Ford, Mazda pickup trucks, Toyota/Lexus and Honda vehicles)
• Pride Car Audio
• Polk Audio
• Rainbow-Audio Germen Engineering
• Sanyo
• Sony
• THX (Was offered on select older Lincoln models such as the Lincoln Town Car and Lincoln MKS)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Automotive Audio Systems, Systems Integration, Sound Lab Lear Corporation . www.lear.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101203022130/http://lear.com/en/electrical/audio.aspx . 2010-12-03.