The End of the Cassette Deck Era

If you want a cassette deck in your new car you'll probably have to install it yourself:

"According to experts who monitor the automotive market, the last new car to be factory-equipped with a cassette deck in the dashboard was a 2010 Lexus. While it is possible that a little-known exception lurks deep within some automaker’s order forms, a survey of major automakers and a search of new-car shopping Web sites indicates that the tape deck is as passé as tailfins on a Caddy."

My first tape deck was an 8-track that I installed in my '69 VW Beetle. Cassettes didn't come along for a few more years.

Some are now predicting that CD players will be gone within a few years as more people have .mp3 players or iPod connections in their cars.