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Shortwave bands in car radios like the Becker you mentioned and like my Philips DC777 (from the 1980s) are usually 19 meters (15 MHz), 25 meters (12 MHz), 31 meters (10 MHz), 49 meters (6 MHz), and 60 meters (5 MHz). Some have only one or two such bands, usually the lower frequencies. The older radios are rather insensitive; in Europe, the stations were all relatively "local" so high sensitivity wasn't required. Here in North America, most stations are a long way off so sensitivity is needed. With the growth of satellite radio, the use of shortwave has decreased, although there are still quite a few stations. No one makes a car radio with shortwave bands any more, unless there might be one that is not sold in North America.
Longwave is usually 100 KHz to 400 KHz. There are no broadcast stations on those frequencies in North America. My Philips has LW and there's nothing on that I've ever heard.
VHF bands such as the 2 meter ham band are not found in car radios -- at least I've never seen one. You'd have to get a scanner and build it into the console somewhere.
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