Photos: iPod in your car console

The Personal Audio Link is installed in a GM car's glove compartment, where an iPod can be plugged in and charged. The music player can then be controlled through the car's built-in XM console. A subscription to XM's service is not necessary.

General Motors

Toyota is among many carmakers bowing to consumer demand for digital music in the car. Its 2006 Scion includes an audio system that connects to the iPod.

Toyota Motor

The Scion TC integrates track, artist and album information from the iPod onto a one-line display in the car.

Toyota Motor

Car designers and auto accessory makers are no strangers to the iPod. Mitsubishi Motors got in the game with this car--unsurprisingly dubbed the "i." It offers a built-in dashboard slot for the iPod Nano.

The minicar, somewhat bigger than the iPod Hi-Fi boom box, sells in Japan for about $14,000.

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