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Eight more auto models and six more years of partnership are the result of an announcement this week from Sirius XM Radio and American Honda Motor Co. Inc.

The two companies are extending their collaborative relationship to January 2020, and plan to significantly increase the penetration of SiriusXM factory-installed technology in new Honda and Acura vehicles. 

Starting in 2014, American Honda said it will steadily increase the use of SiriusXM across its entire vehicle lineup to include it as factory installed equipment on best-selling models including the Accord, Civic, CR-V and Pilot.

And for the first time ever, American Honda will add SiriusXM to the Fit, CR-Z and Insight, and make it standard equipment on Acura ILX.

American Honda introduced its first vehicles with factory-installed satellite radio starting in 2003, and has produced more than 5.6 million vehicles with satellite radio to date. 

“American Honda is one of the original automakers to adopt satellite radio, and its increase of SiriusXM factory-installed satellite radio in Honda and Acura vehicles is a testament to the strong demand among customers and dealers for SiriusXM,” said Steve Cook, executive vice president, sales and automotive, for SiriusXM. 

“We are pleased to continue our relationship with American Honda to 2020 and look forward to a very significant number of loyal Honda customers becoming part of our family of more than 25 million satisfied subscribers,” he said.

Art St. Cyr, vice president of Product Planning and Logistics for American Honda, said, “A wide variety of commercial-free music, live sports, and exclusive entertainment programming has become an important feature for our customers. Increasing the availability of SiriusXM makes our vehicles more fun-to-drive and enjoyable.”

Customers purchasing any new Honda or Acura vehicle equipped with satellite radio will receive a three-month subscription to SiriusXM’s All Access Package, the automaker said, with access to premium programming lineups.

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