STILLWATER, USA – Created to match every curve and contour of today’s most popular trucks, KICKER® announces three under-seat, loaded subwoofer enclosures featuring dual Solo-Baric® L7T square subwoofers, with a rated power handling of up to 1,200 total watts (RMS). Dual L7T-Loaded Truck-Specific Enclosures will be available for purchase at Authorized KICKER Dealers in-store and online. Soon to be introduced to the world on the KICKER UnMASKED! Live™ streamed show, Truck-Specific Loaded Enclosures will retail starting at $799.99 and will also be available for purchase online at www.kicker.com.

Each version of enclosure has been verified to fit each truck model perfectly and look every bit as good as it sounds. Both the KFDL7T (for many models of Ford®) and KGMDL7T (for many models of Chevy® and GMC®) are down-firing enclosures loaded with 10-inch and 12-inch subwoofers, respectively. Shipping later this quarter, the up-firing KRDL7T is made specifically for various RAM® truck models and includes pre-installed grilles to further protect its 10-inch L7T subwoofers. Consumers can check kicker.com for fitment in specific truck models.

Covered in thick black carpeting and sporting a custom KICKER logo, these enclosures are pre-wired to a single two-Ohm terminal for easiest installation. Thick MDF construction and extensive internal bracing keep the enclosures stable.

The L7T subwoofer’s extended top plate includes a KICKER-patented “bumped” design, allowing extra excursion and longer throw for deeper overall bass from its extremely thin design. The L7T’s unique square cone provides up to 20 percent additional cone area compared to a standard round sub of the same size, making a 12-inch square sub perform like a 13-inch subwoofer. The listener enjoys more volume and deeper bass.

For more information, consumers can visit www.kicker.com.

KICKER Performance Audio products, a division of Stillwater Designs and Audio, Inc.®, are available for the mobile and home audio aftermarket at authorized retailers worldwide, and also as Original Equipment for boat and automobile manufacturers. Consumers seeking more information on KICKER or Livin’ Loud® may call the Consumer Information Line at 1-800-256-5425 or visit the brand website at www.kicker.com. Consumers can follow KICKER socially at Facebook.com/kickeraudio, Twitter.com/kickeraudio, Instagram.com/kickeraudio, or Pinterest.com/kickeraudio, and use the hashtags #kickeraudio and #livinloud.

Ford is a registered trademark, owned and used under license by Ford Motor Company.

Chevy and GMC are a registered trademark of GM, its subsidiaries, affiliates or licensors.

RAM is a registered trademark of FCA US LLC.

Dual L7T-Loaded Truck-Specific Enclosures Specifications

Model                                         KFDL7T10 (for Ford)  KGMDL7T12 (for GM)KRDL7T10 (for RAM)

Woofers [in, cm]                         10, 25                            12, 30                            10, 25
Design                                        down-firing                    down-firing                    up-firing

Rated Impedance [Ohms]           2                                    2                                    2                             

Rec. Amp Power [watts RMS]     500-1000                       600-1200                       500-1000

Peak Power Handling [watts]      2000                              2400                              2000

Frequency Response [Hz]           25-100                           25-100                           25-100                    

Width [in, cm]                              55-1/8, 140                    52, 132.1                       58-7/16, 148.4
Height [in, cm]                            8-1/4, 21                        7-7/16, 18.9                   7-9/16, 19.2

Depth [in, cm]                             13-3/8, 34                      15-1/2, 39.4                   16-7/16, 41.7

Grilles                                         no                                 no                                 yes

Advanced Amplifier Interface for Ford and Lincoln Vehicles with Bang & Olufsen®, Revel® and Revel Ultima® Sound Systems

May 9, 2018 -- NAV-TV Corp., a leading innovator and manufacturer of OEM integration and safety products for the automotive aftermarket, announces the ZEN-A2B amplifier interface for select Ford and Lincoln vehicles with the Bang & Olufsen®, Revel® and Revel Ultima® Sound Systems.

Ford and Lincoln’s new Premium Sound Systems use Automotive Audio Bus® (A2B)[1] digital audio bus technology, which delivers high fidelity audio for automobiles while significantly reducing weight. A2B is a high bandwidth (50 Mbps) digital bus capable of transferring audio and control data with clock and power using a single, 2-wire, unshielded, twisted pair cable over distances up to 32 feet (10 meters) between devices. It supports multiple microphone arrays in vehicles to enable applications such as voice recognition, active noise cancellation, and in-car communications. However, due to the complex nature of A2B audio systems, vehicles utilizing the technology have been difficult to integrate with, leading to poor sound quality, reoccurring come backs and customer dissatisfaction.

NAV-TV is proud to announce that there is now a solution for A2B audio integration! The ZEN-A2B allows the seamless addition of aftermarket amplifiers into compatible vehicles, delivering audiophile-quality sound without compromising the vehicle’s factory fit, finish or features. 

• Full scale audio or -12dB attenuation
• Loudness on or off

Automotive News -- Ford Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. posted their biggest U.S. sales declines of the year in August in what was a rare month of weakness for the industry.

Ford was dragged down by a 9.4 percent drop at its namesake division, while Nissan recorded its sharpest monthly decline in more than three years. Sales at General Motors and Toyota Motor Corp. dropped for the sixth time in 2016.  Fiat Chrysler chalked up another gain aided mainly by the strength of Jeep.

Overall sales fell 3.5 percent, and the seasonally adjusted annual sales rate came in at 16.97 million, the third-lowest total of the year.

The results point to the difficulties the industry will have stretching its streak of consecutive sales gains to a century high of seven years.

"It wasn't exactly a blockbuster month in August, so that puts extra pressure on the industry to step up its game in September, especially this coming Labor Day weekend," said Jessica Caldwell, an analysts at Edmunds.com. "We're at a critical time where dealers need to clear out 2016 inventory to make room for 2017s."

August marks the third month this year that volume has declined, the most monthly drops in any year since recession-wracked 2009, when volume slumped in eight individual months.

August had the same number of selling days as in 2015 -- 26 -- but featured one fewer weekend this year, contributing to the decline in volume most analysts expected.

The month's 16.97 million SAAR compares with 17.79 million in August 2015 and 17.86 million in July.

“Coming off the strongest SAAR of the year at 17.9 million units in July, the industry took a bit of a step back in August,” said Bill Fay, general manager of the Toyota division.

Ford's sales fell 8.8 percent to 213,411 with retail volume off 8 percent and fleet shipments dropping 10 percent. A 7 percent rise at Lincoln offset some of the decline at the bigger Ford division. The results marked Ford's biggest monthly setback since August of 2010.

GM said August sales dropped 5.2 percent to 256,429 cars and light trucks. Deliveries slipped 3.9 percent at Chevrolet, 14 percent at GMC and 2.7 percent at Buick. Sales rose 3.9 percent at Cadillac.

At Toyota Motor Corp., volume dropped 5 percent to 213,125 cars and light trucks last month. Honda Motor Co. deliveries dipped 3.8 percent.

Sales fell 7.9 percent at Kia, 2.7 percent Mini, 13 percent at Mazda, 12 percent at Mitsubishi and 9.1 percent at the VW brand, where U.S. volume has slid every month beginning with November as the company struggles to move past violations of U.S. diesel emissions rules.  

The Hyundai brand's volume rose by just three units over August 2015.

Subaru posted record U.S. sales of 60,418 in August, the first time the brand has topped the 60,000 mark in a month, for a gain of 15 percent over August 2015. Thomas J. Doll, president and COO of Subaru of America, described the August results -- which shattered the brand's previous monthly sales record in December 2015 (56,274) -- as "epic."

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