gsexy300

FOR all of you who were planning to pack up your oldies tapes and go shopping for a 2011 car, there is bad news: you’re too late. 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.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/au...UDIO.html?_r=2

ok so it was the SC 430, the oldest remaining model. and I guess the SC is gone for 2011, quietly discontinued...

anyway, the only connection is I'll bet the GS is the 2nd to last model to have a tape deck.. heh.

bigblack06

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yeah they stopped installing them in the 2010 models so 2009 was the last model to have it installed as factory addition, wow finally they got rid of the SC cause that things has had the same shape for several years with no change, felt like a jaguar!

diablo2184

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That's wild that they even still had them. I could believe sitting in a GS and it had a cassette player....who uses those things still? Lol

And it doesn't flow very well with the center entertainment area

bigblack06

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Actually i think it would have been nice if they made a cut out for the where the tape deck was for a hole to place the key, it atleast it would look good!

LIMS407

i get remind of tape deck whenever my friends in my car,,actually i got Rakim tape for my birthday last year,,

diablo2184

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to place the key? i never take my key out my pocket thats the beauty about the keyless entry and engine start.

i think they should have made something else or just a covered cubby or something.

LexFather

There is a thread in car chat. Also the SC 430 for 2010 did NOT have a tape deck so they were wrong actually.