Article: Toyota will install XM satellite radio at factory.(Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc.)

Byline: Gail Kachadourian

Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. is strengthening its satellite radio commitment.

In 2006, Toyota will offer XM Satellite Radio as a factory-installed option in Toyota, Lexus and Scion brand vehicles. The automaker has not set prices or decided which vehicles will have the option.

Toyota offers XM, which costs $299 plus installation, as a dealer-installed option on 10 Toyota, Lexus and Scion models and will add the Toyota Avalon and redesigned Lexus GS 330 next year.

Tony Bunn, new-car sales manager for Jim Norton Toyota in Tulsa, Okla., hopes that factory-installed XM service doubles his satellite radio sales. About 2 percent of the ...

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