7 Car Features That No Longer Exist!!

seven car features that we no longer see as technology progresses new features arrive and old ones leave often faster than we can keep track of before we know it the thing we used on a daily basis is gone here are seven automotive features that got thrown on the scrap heap number one bench seats the most recent American production car to offer a bench seat in the front was the Chevy Impala which believe it or not Chevrolet only stopped making in 2015 just two years ago for most vehicles the bench seat was phased out during the dawn of the seat belt as to fit a belt on a bench seat was an awkward affair back before seatbelts were even included in cars much less mandatory to wear three passengers could fit comfortably in the front of most cars or possibly for a forum as a child these days doing that is highly illegal in most developed countries although a lots of third-world countries still do it in the event of an accident the bench seat is a disaster offering the occupant very little support and the chairs often fold it in on themselves number two tail fins cars designed inspired by planes seem to be a bit dated these days but it was once all the rage Saab's sold themselves pretty much on the fact that they made fighter jets in their spare time but I can't honestly think of any examples like that these days in the past century however it was all the rage especially tail fins General Motors design chief Harley Earl is thought to have been the brainchild of tail fins making the 1942 Cadillac series 62 sedan feature them inspired by the famous World War 2 plane the Lockheed p-38 lightning five years or so later most people had had enough of the war style with fins becoming more and more space-age instead tail fins became larger and larger leading to some really bizarre vehicles until they fell out of fashion in the 60s in 2017 I couldn't find any examples of cars that still have them although the Cadillac XTS from 2012 does hark back to the design somewhat number three and tennis seriously when was the last time you saw a modern car with a folding antenna it seems to be something to be proud of the longer the antenna the better pioneered mainly with Japanese brands obsessed with technology on cars having an electric holding antenna on a car demonstrated how high-tech you really were nowadays cars still have antennas but they look completely different often embedded into car wind screens or routed to the back of the car through a shark fin or bee sting type aerial which the Sat Nav can use to to be honest it's not much of a great loss having these things gone most of the automatic telescoping antennas made an awful noise when you turned your radio on and just caused extra drag went driving still it was fun to see them go up and down on their own number four split front wind screens the split windscreen was thought to have been made for cost reasons due to the fact that it's cheaper and easier to make a split windscreen than one piece of glass General Motors introduced this on most of their vehicles in 1936 these days the split screen has become an iconic must-have item on classic vehicles notably the VW camper split screens are no longer legal for production and even if they were glass manufacturing technology has come on a long way number five full-size spare tires although some cars still have this feature the majority of normal road-going vehicles don't bother any longer the points of the full-size spare was that you could put it on stow the flat tire in your trunk and carry on driving for as long as you want unlike spares of today which are designed to be used for limited distances at speeds under 50 miles per hour most being forgetful or lazy didn't quite do this correctly though leaving on their spare for months or even years without replacing it that being until they get their next puncture and realize they've got a flat tire in the boot still it tends to be tough or off-road type vehicles which have these mainly due to the wear and tear that a 4x4 could experience on the trails number six fender mirrors fender mirrors are actually a cool idea allowing drivers to keep their eyes looking forward on the road when driving there are a few issues with this design however such as the lack of adjustment when moving or the large viewing distance from the eyes of the driver this vicho is especially popular with Japanese automakers such as Honda and Datsun until the late 1970s when a side mirror became more suitable passenger cars only required one mirror on the passenger side until new legislation came in in 1986 that said must have - it would be interesting to see a modern car with these mirrors though perhaps electronically controlled for easy adjustment although slightly pointless number 7 steel wheels alloy wheels might be normal today however in the year 2000 it was still seen as somewhat of a luxury on today's vehicles alloy wheels are featured on all but the cheapest of cars were the lots of mid-range cars throwing out the steel wheel option altogether many Audi and BMW vehicles don't bother with them although they are still popular with business fleet vehicles in poverty spec steel wheels with hubcaps were standard issue until the early 90s as alloy wheels were an attractive but expensive option during that time today lightweight alloy wheels helped boost fuel economy and most people are happy to pay for an improved appearance the one thing that can be said for steelies is that if you bend one replacing a set will cost no more than a good night hours which features did I forget do you have any of these features on your car let me know in the comments remember I try to reply to everyone in the first few days at least thanks for watching Cheers [Music]

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Length: 5min 48sec (348 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 11 2017