Ford Says Goodbye to CD Players

Ford has announced plans of ditching the CD player from their models and replacing it with digital connections. The lean towards digital entertainment came from reports that CD sales fell in the UK by 35% from 2006 to 2010.

Apparently the same report announced that digital album sales increased by seven times and around 98% of singles sold are accounted for by digital sales. It’s quite a sad thought that CD players may now be removed from cars but having said that I don’t use mine anymore as I have nowhere to store my CD’s in my used Ford in Wolverhampton.

Ford are saying that around 95% of the people that bought their new Ford Focus chose one that they could connect their MP3 players to. Unsurprisingly and comforting to know, 90% also opted for Bluetooth wireless connectivity. These stats has support Ford’s argument to remove CD players.

I still remember when tape players were a luxury and then CD players over ruled them. Now MP3 devices are taking over from the CD player. I wonder how many music takeovers there will be in my lifetime.