ANYONE growing up before the turn of the Millennium will remember this bit of kit from just about any vehicle they set foot in. But it seems the in-car CD player has become a thing of the past, with the feature now completely extinct from all new car models . 1 The music device had, up until a few months ago, come as standard in the Subaru Forester - a mid-sized SUV Subaru's decision to remove the device from one of its SUVs heralded the death of the CD player in vehicles, with no mainstream car brands in the UK now offering the feature, according to Which? The music device had, up until a few months ago, come as standard in the Subaru Forester - a mid-sized SUV.
But when the model was updated for 2024, the CD player was taken out. Motorists who want to continue listening to music in their cars will now have to stream it through devices like smartphones. Read more Motors FAN OF VAN We transformed a van into luxury home-on-wheels - full of hidden storage spaces SMALL THRILLS Drivers urged to buy three sporty hatchbacks for under £9k - including BMW This can be done by connecting the phone through a USB, or appls like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
Mercedes-Benz was the first car to offer the CD player in 1985, meaning it lasted a respectable four decades before going the way of the dodo. Cars with large CD-changer systems - often found in the boot - had not been sold in Britain for a number of years. The news comes as hundreds of streets are set to close this weekend with dr.