Interestingly, although iPods have been around since 2001, it took four years for a car company to come up with a way to connect one's iPod with their motorcar's sound system - and it wasn't a U.S. company that first came up with it. Those who drive Bimmers were the first to benefit from the new technology in 2005, but the iPod motorcar interface is now available for all German models as well as the Volvo, Alfa-Romeo, Ferrari, Renault and major Japanese brands; in fact, iPod connectivity is now an item of standard equipment on every new Scion.