Lots of luxury and near luxury car owners apparently agree with the kid about Bose. According to Edmunds (reported here ) the top automotive sound systems are as follows:

Top 10 over $30,000:

Acura TL (Panasonic)
Cadillac SRX (Bose)
Hummer H1 (Monsoon by Delphi)
Infiniti Q45 (Bose)
Land Rover Range Rover (Harman Kardon)
Lexus LS 430 (Mark Levinson)
Lincoln LS (THX)
Mercedes S500 (Bose)
Porsche 911 Cabriolet and Boxster (Bose)
Volvo S80 (Dolby Pro Logic)

Top 10 under $30,000:

Audi A4 (Bose)
Ford Focus (Visteon)
Ford Mustang GT (Visteon)
Mini Cooper (Harman Kardon)
Mitsubishi Galant (Infinity)
Nissan Altima (Bose)
Nissan Pathfinder (Bose)
Nissan Sentra SE-R (Rockford-Fosgate)
Scion xA and xB (Pioneer with Bazooka subwoofer)
Volkswagen Passat (Monsoon by Delphi)

Note that Cadillac SRX, Infiniti Q45, Mercedes S500, Porsche 911 Cabriolet and Boxster, Audi, Nissan Altima and Pathfinder feature, you guessed it, Bose.

You can see the full report on Edmund's Top 10 Sound Systems in Cars Over $30,000 for 2004 here , and the Top 10 Sound Systems in Cars Under $30,000 for 2004 here .


[This message has been edited by Will (edited June 07, 2004).]