FCA and Volkswagen offer six-month Apple Music trials to new car buyers

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in iPhone edited March 2018
Apple is partnering with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in the U.S. and Volkswagen in Europe to offer new car buyers six months of Apple Music with select models supporting the CarPlay platform, doubling the streaming service's normal trial period.




Revealed in separate announcements from FCA and Volkswagen, the new Apple Pay promotions go live in May to incentivize the purchase of new vehicles equipped with CarPlay-compatible infotainment systems.

In the U.S., FCA is taking its Apple Music deal live on May 1 for CarPlay-equipped Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and FIAT models. The auto group's current stable of CarPlay capable vehicles sport the Uconnect system, which boasts an 8.4-inch touchscreen, GPS integration, backup and 360-degree camera views and more.

Certain FCA cars also feature premium Beats Audio systems, while others integrate speaker and amplifier hardware manufactured by Alpine and Harman Kardon.

As part of the Apple Music deal, which runs through April 30, 2019, buyers who are already subscribers to the service get three months for free.

Volkswagen is bringing the six-month Apple Music deal to new car buyers in Europe from May. A specific date was not provided, but it can be assumed the promotion will begin on or shortly after May 1.

Unlike FCA's offering, the Volkswagen deal is applicable only to that specific marque, not Volkswagen Group's other holdings, which include Audi, Porsche, SEAT and others. To take advantage of the incentive, customers must register with Car-Net, Volkswagen's connected car service that offers automated crash notifications, emergency call support, remote vehicle access and more.

As with the FCA promo, Volkswagen buyers who are already Apple Music subscribers will get three months of Apple's service for free.

Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto are quickly becoming a duopoly standard in the in-car infotainment space, as carmakers abandon their own initiatives to build in support for the smartphone-powered technologies. Most recently, longtime holdout Toyota in January announced plans to deliver CarPlay to select 2019 models.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    stukestuke Posts: 122member
    OK, is the connectivity part of the car’s cellular hotspot capability; or, is this article subtly leaving out the fact that the new car owner needs to have a cell phone cellular plan for connectivity to enjoy the free trial period?
  • Reply 2 of 6
    fallenjtfallenjt Posts: 4,053member
    stuke said:
    OK, is the connectivity part of the car’s cellular hotspot capability; or, is this article subtly leaving out the fact that the new car owner needs to have a cell phone cellular plan for connectivity to enjoy the free trial period?
    I'd rather have free 1-yr satellite Radio service with BMW purchase. BTW, they use your phone data to stream to vehicle.
    edited March 2018
  • Reply 3 of 6
    MplsPMplsP Posts: 3,911member
    fallenjt said:
    stuke said:
    OK, is the connectivity part of the car’s cellular hotspot capability; or, is this article subtly leaving out the fact that the new car owner needs to have a cell phone cellular plan for connectivity to enjoy the free trial period?
    I'd rather have free 1-yr satellite Radio service with BMW purchase. BTW, they use your phone data to stream to vehicle.
    Except BMW is going to start charging an annual fee to use CarPlay. I had SirusXM on my Audi for 6 months but it wasn't worth anything near what they charge to continue the subscription. I'll take CarPlay over Sirius any day, even if I'm using my own data.



    StrangeDayswatto_cobra
  • Reply 4 of 6
    seankillseankill Posts: 566member
    Not to get off subject but...

    Nothing better than free Apple Music while emitting 40x legal emissions with “clean diesel”. What a fucking joke the idea of clean diesel was. Just smelling the exhaust is all it took to know that wasn’t true. 


    minicoffee
  • Reply 5 of 6
    But what about the monkeys the poor poor monkeyyyyyys
    zroger73
  • Reply 6 of 6
    19RamUnl19RamUnl Posts: 1unconfirmed, member
    FCA provides, in addition to CP for 6 month, 1 YR of SirusXM
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