Land Rover plans to offer SIRIUS on the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport in July of this year. Both vehicles will come with factory-installed head units that display artist, song title and category when playing SIRIUS. Additionally, Range Rover will feature a touch-screen interface. Land Rover North America is part of Aston Martin Jaguar Land Rover with headquarters in Irvine, California.
Jaguar plans to offer SIRIUS as a dealer-installed accessory in the following 2005 model year vehicle lines beginning this May:
* 2005 X-Type
* 2005 X-Type Wagon
* 2005 S-Type
* 2005 XJ Sedan.
Jaguar is additionally planning to offer SIRIUS as a port-installed option on the same models for the 2006 model year in the near future.
Mercedes-Benz also plans to offer SIRIUS as a factory-installed option on six additional 2006 model year vehicles later this year and four 2007 model year vehicles next year.
XM Satellite Radio has announced that Hyundai will be the first automaker to launch XM as standard, factory-installed equipment in every vehicle across its entire model line-up.
Starting in 2006, XM radios will be factory-installed in all Hyundai models, beginning with the all-new Sonata, Santa Fe, Elantra, and the upcoming replacement for the XG350 premium sedan. By year-end 2006, 75% of Hyundai's sales volume will be XM-equipped, with the remaining models following quickly thereafter, totaling well over 500,000 units by 2007.
- From SIRIUS and XM Satellite Radio News Releases
