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On 19 June, the City of Lille will receive radio broadcasting in DAB+ with a launch day in the presence of politicians, major retailers and radio stations, following Strasbourg and Lyon.

That's on top of the standard C4 Cactus's 7.0-inch touchscreen navigation system, rear-view camera with rear parking sensors, DAB+ digital radio, six-speaker audio system with Arkamys digital amplifier, automatic headlights and wipers, climate control, Bluetooth, USB inpit, and a bi-colour leather steering wheel with chrome inserts and controls.

Broadcasters in the Asia Pacific have recognised that they need to move to the greener, more spectrum efficient broadcast platform of digital radio. We’re excited that countries such as Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia are looking to DAB+.

The 108 has also received a technology boost, with a seven-inch colour touchscreen that provides smartphone connectivity via Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and Mirror Screen, which enables you to use smartphone apps through the car's control system. The system also includes DAB radio, USB and auxiliary inputs and is standard on the Active model and above.

The recent WorldDAB Automotive conference was the occasion to announce record sales of DAB+ receivers in the world in 2017, with 12 million receivers sold. Nearly half (5.9 million) of sales of these receivers have been in original equipment in cars. Cumulative sales of DAB / DAB+ receivers have now reached 65 million.

“More than 560,000 of the new cars sold in 2017 were fitted with DAB+ radio,” said CRA chief executive officer, Joan Warner. The number of DAB+ digital radios generally in Australia continues to grow with strength, with the latest figures reflecting an increase of 24% in units in the past 12 months.

The Meisterstück comes pretty fully stacked with options for playing your music. As well as the CD drive, there’s FM, DAB (and DAB+) and internet radio, two auxiliary ports to wire in external sources, a USB port, optical port and an ethernet socket.

In the United Kingdom, the use of digital sources for radio has reached 50.9%, up from 47.2% a year ago, accounting for the majority of all listening for the first time, according to RAJAR Q1 2018 data.

A central "NissanConnect EV" seven-inch touchscreen takes care of most of the vehicles features, including DAB radio, smartphone connectivity and the all-important navigation.

Local distributor Aqipa is confident in Pure’s relaunch, following increased roll-out of DAB+ in Australia: “As the pioneers of digital radio, we’re confident that Pure’s core competencies of good, British engineering along with stylish design will be appealing and well received by our consumers, especially as the roll out of DAB+ continues across the country.”