Toyota Aristo Is a Reminder That Car Audio May Be Better Now, But it’s Less Fun
Toyota has always paid close attention to in-car audio quality, which I'm grateful for. The Japanese carmaker's dedication to audio dates back to the 1990s, and possibly further back, with models like the Toyota Aristo and Sera, which my colleague Adam has written about at Jalopnik. Like the Sera, the Aristo featured some killer audio features, such as physical DSP controls that ran your tunes through different filters, of sorts, to give your listening experience a different vibe. These controls are something the majority of people won't miss in modern audio systems, especially with the ubiquity of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, but they highlight how car audio is no longer fun and experimental.
