No, that's not backwards at all. As far as I'm concerned, the Empeg is more important than the car that holds it.

One of the factors that helped me settle on my new car was that the dash opening was standard DIN-sized and its speaker locations were the correct sizes for my existing equipment.

I should have the Empeg into the car today or tomorrow, and I'll write something up for "installation notes" shortly thereafter.

Tony Fabris
Empeg #144