abatically:


My guy just face the truth. This has nothing to do with the car being Nigerian made or not. Even a buggati veyron that is strictly a racing car with little or no entertainment has CD player, not to talk of an SUV (utility vehicle).

Not everyone has time to play music from their phones or SD cards. In fact, a high percentage of Nigerians that are 40 + years know nothing about computer or transferring music to media. They only need their cars FM and CD player, are u saying this SUV is not for them? This is just like building a mobile phone that shoots amazing photos but can't make a simple thing as send a text message. Whats the point of having a big navigation/media screen in a car and yet they didn't include a CD player?

Homguy:
this company is still in its infancy, and are yet to get everything right, including this. Matter of fact, its been a long time I used my car's CD player or seen anyone use theirs. On the side, its wrong to think that only aged people will by this ride as even Op's friend doesn't come across as aged from the post.

greenhulk:


This is just like building a car with air conditioner and then seal all the windows such that u can't wind down. After all why do u need to wind down when u have ac lol. Just accept it, they made a mistake and I'm sure they will add CD player in future models.

CD players make quiet exit from cars.
The compact disk player has begun the long slow fade-out from cars.

The CD player is making an agonizingly drawn-out exit due to more convenient ways to bring music to cars -- such as smartphones, iPods or other players, streaming and other technologies -- rapidly taking its place.

The reason for the long goodbye is obvious: mountains of CDs accumulated over the years by owners unwilling to see their collections destined for the high-tech trash bin. "There's so much investment in our CD catalog," says Mike VanNieuwkuyk, executive director of global automotive for J.D. Power and Associates, which released findings of a study earlier this year that shows a drop-off in CD listening while driving.

The survey found external devices such as iPods or smartphones have pulled even with CD players as listening devices in cars. Automotive designers are shedding no tears for the embattled CD.

They're already using the space it occupied for larger center stack screens. "The center stack is such precious real estate," says Klaus Busse, Chrysler's interior design chief. "Every millimeter, not just every inch, counts."

And the slot for pushing in disks, is not the only space issue caused by the player in the electronics-packed center stack. Busse says all the components in that area generate heat and take up room behind the scenes, affecting, for example, the routing of air-conditioning ducts. Cluster them too close together, and you complicate packaging or risk overheating.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/08/04/cd-players-cars-disappear/2601827/

colossus2:

Like seriously....you asking this?
There's no need for Speaker either.

Siena:
Regardless of CD players becoming obsolete or not, I don't know of any current model that does NOT come fitted with CD capabilities as standard, worse still if it has an attractive large screen, and an SD / USB slot.

I personally DO play CD's, despite my car having media slots, Bluetooth, and the ability to stream media directly from my iPhone / iPad. There are undoubtedly others like myself. The end user MUST be given a choice of how to play media in a new vehicle, this choice has clearly been taken away in this SUV.

Quality is everything. Out of interest, how old is this vehicle? I only ask, because the steering wheel badge and gear lever gaiter are already looking really worn.

oseo1:


Actually more and more cars are coming without CD players, for the last 2 years there has been a steady increase in the number of cars that do not have CD players standard.

http://www.edmunds.com/car-technology/the-car-cd-player-deathwatch.html

The link is from last year, but even more cars have ditched their CD players.

cocoduck:
Why the noise? This model is already at least 2 to 3 years old. If don't like it buy an after market stereo like high speed or xplod

abatically:


Only few cars are produced without CD players, and those cars have alternatives which is streaming. Music and videos can be streamed right from the internet. Those cars are not relying solenly on music from smart phones or mp3s. Now ask urself this, does this innoson SUV have Pandora, iHeartRadio, HD radio or sattelite radio. Does it even have ipod compatibility? The answer is NO, so why remove the CD player when u don't have an alternative. Even if it has these services, which internet do u want to stream from? This is just like importing a car with navigation from north America and selling it as premium here in Nigeria when we all know the navigation is useless here.

Totally eradicating CD players is not yet ripe for Nigeria, we still have a long way to go. Our internet is slow and subscription is very expensive, so there's no way streaming service will work (at least not yet). Until then, CD players will always play a big part. Also most luxury SUVs can play DVD, and once a system can play DVD then it will automatically play audio CD.

If playing music from ur phone through Bluetooth into the car's audio is what u call innovation then u are still learning. What happens if u want to skip a track, grab ur phone and change the track? How is that safe? If I can't see my music on my car's dashboard and control it from the dashboard without touching my phone then it is useless and no no. This is where iPod comes into play, but I doubt of this car even has iPod compatibility.

Pluslargent:
My own is the price, pls can anyone in the house confirm if this vehicle actually cost 1 million?

oseo1:


It is NOT 1 million, their smallest sedan is just over 1m.