Sirius radios will be a factory-installed option in the
2006 model year
Mitsubishi Raider mid-size truck; Mitsubishi will add three more models for the 2007 model year. Mitsubishi will
throw in the activation fee and six months’ free service.
Sirius also announced today that Volkswagen is
extending its
factory-installed support for Sirius from the Beetle and Beetle Convertible to the 2005 Jetta starting this month.
The 2006 Passat will offer Sirius later this year.
Orbitcast notes that only a few carmakers haven’t signed deals with one or the other of Sirus and XM—or both: Hyundai,
Subaru, Kia, and Porsche. The site speculates that Hyundai is a logical next candidate for Sirius because Mitsubishi
and DaimlerChrysler, two legs of a troika, are both Sirius partners.
1. I read "Sirius Bags Mitsubishi Raider, VW Jetta" and interpretted "Sirius decides it should not be installed in the Mitsubishi Raider and VW Jetta".
Good thing I read the post.
Posted at 4:15PM on Jun 16th 2005 by AK