Today’s Photos : Muhammad Ali In a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Equipped With A Vinyl Record Player

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali in a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado equipped with a Philips Auto Mignon Car Record vinyl player.

Highway Hi-Fi arrived in 1956 and it lets you enjoy 90 minutes of music. It was the world’s first in-car stereo system.

Priced at $200 (appr. $1,700 today), this ‘expensive’ disc format was discontinued within a year of launch due to plummeting sales.

American professional boxer, Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., is seen here in a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado equipped with a Philips Auto Mignon car vinyl record player.

While today’s cars are equipped with infotainment systems like Bluetooth connectivity, CD players, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, the Highway Hi-Fi was the world’s first in-car stereo system.

Unlike the AM/FM radio that had arrived in the early 1950s, the Highway Hi-Fi, which lets you choose your own music, first appeared in 1956.

The vinyl discs lets you enjoy 90 minutes of music without having to make a stop to change – which was twice what you could get from a normal vinyl record of the mid-1950s.

Unfortunately, people didn’t adopt this new ‘expensive’ disc format that is priced at $200 (or around $1,700 today) and within a year of launch, the Highway Hi-Fi was discontinued due to plummeting sales.

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