I think the one feature i miss from cars are pop up headlights.

“Cars designed inspired by planes seem to be dated” Dude, almost any Lamborghini looks like a stealth fighter

1. Floor Vents 2. Steering Wheel Horn ring 3. Corner vent windows 4. Foot operated Hi Beam switch 5. Ashtrays

Headlights made from glass!

#1 being able to work on your own car without special tools.

Bumpers that are actually useful when bumping.

Worst feature lost: BEING ABLE TO WORK ON YOUR OWN VEHICLE

I miss the triangle shaped vent windows

you forgot pop up headlights

I miss folding triangular piece of door glass

Modern safety standards didn’t kill the bench seat, it’s the consumers desire for a center console and cup holders. Most trucks still have bench seats and they have an airbag in front of them and they have fully functioning seatbelts. They can usually be folded down and double as a center arm rest too.

I remember when Air Conditioning was optional.

Pop up headlights!

You forgot the old vent windows on the front doors. They were triangle shaped and turned inward to allow air to enter and cool the driver and front passenger.

More car features that we miss: 1) Two-toned paintjobs 2) Chrome extensions 3) Hidden headlights

Would rather have my full size spare tyre than a can of squirty foam

White wall tires

forgot the rolling up the windows by hand feature.

Fast forward to 2019: no more spare wheels at all.

My favourite feature was hand crank windows. I loved being able to open and close the window without having the car engine running. The dipstick gas cap to tell you how much gasoline you had was fun too. I also liked the windshield wipers powered by the air in the spare tire (VW Beatle 1938 - 1960). The automatic Bitcoin transmitter for paying tolls wirelessly was nice also.

5 MPH bumpers are gone. Bumpers used to be able to take bumps, now they're just plastic covers that break.

What about vent windows

How about floor dimmer switch? I actually think that should stay

Tail fins dated? Since when! They're still cool as hell.

How about headlight dimmer that was a switch on the floor that was activated by your foot?

8 Track Players. Tape Decks. CD Players. Multi-Disc CD Players.

You forgot pop up headlights, split gates for station wagons, and liftbacks.

DIN size audio system that could be swapped with an upgrade. This is the worst change of all.

I'm fine with space saver tires, the real problem are tire inflation kits which are useless if you have a huge tire blowout. Also, I hate that some manufacturers are getting rid of temperature gauges, that's a huge problem.

I believe u forgot , headlights wipers ,some Saabs and Merc used to have them ,😎🚓

Ashtrays and lighters, quarter vent windows, wind out windscreens, ventilator flaps in front of the dash, car sick straps, luggage racks, dickie seats, crank handles, different types of car jacks, fuel cans that fitted inside the spare .wheel . (Volvo), rear venetian (fixed) blinds, sun visors over the windscreen, etc

Old school car keys

White tires

Pop up headlights

Viral Vehicles: Cars inspired by planes seems to be dated Lamborghini Veneno and other Lamborghini's: Am I a Joke to you?

how about..good drivers. A feature that will never come back

You also forgot the manual crank windows and cassette players

My '08 nissan 350Z still has a little antenna at the back. I sometimes see it wagging away like an excited puppy when I'm going at speed. lol I like it.

As of mid-2019: 1) Manual transmissions. 2) Parking brakes (which were needed for manual transmissions in case they were left in neutral.) 3) Low gear. 4) Using a rotating knob to shift the automatic transmission instead of the traditional shifter. 5) Continuous variable transmissions (CVTs) instead of gear type automatic transmissions. They are less reliable but the automobile manufacturers don't care if it lasts. That's the customer's problem (especially after the warrantee has expired.) 6) Actually spare tires (tyres) are disappearing altogether. 7) Key starting and push button unlocking fobs are being replaced by RFID chip proximity fobs in your pocket. When you are near, the doors will unlock or allow push button start. 8) And now they have those big ugly holes in the front for the grill. No bumpers anymore. 9) Plastic headlights instead of glass. 10) Up until the late 1970s, car interiors were very quiet because of lots of sound proofing. Now small to mid-range cars are LOUD on the inside. Only high end luxury cars are quiet because of both passive (foam like material in doors, body panels, etc.) and active noise cancelling. 11) Soon rearview mirrors will be replaced by cameras with the view screen where the mirror was. 12) Auto braking, lane assist and auto driving cars because people are playing with their iPhones instead of driving. 13) Almost total computer control systems. Microchips everywhere. 14) No longer able to work on your own car with being a computer/software specialists (see #13).

Here is a list - Very Long Name Badges (My favourite) Physical Key Manual Windows (Power baby) Hubcaps Hood Ornaments (Sore in an accident) Ashtray Cigarette Lighter (Who smokes) Power Antenna Car Phone (We all own mobile phones) Duel Fuel Tanks Automatic Seat Belts CD Changer (Who uses CD's) Cassette Player (Now if you still use these let us know) Pop Up Head Lamps (Daytime running lights) Vent Windows (Air con now a days) Glovebox Mini Bar (Drink Driving) T-Tops Headlight Wipers Suicide Doors Rain Gutters Wood Side Panels Manual Door Locks Manual Door Mirrors Manual Steering Manual Brakes Drum Brakes CB Radio Choke & Carburetor Non-Intermittent Window Wipers Bias-Ply Tires (Radial) Velour Seats Non-Anti-Lock Brakes Door Rub Strips Tail Fins Fixed Steering Column Vinyl Roofs Simple Uncluttered Interiors & Dashboard Being able to fix your own car Light Weight Cars Attractive Simple Steering Wheel Spare Wheel or Full Size Spare Wheel Audible Indicator / Turn Signal Simple Controls Spacious Boot / Trunk 85mph Speedometer Removable Hard Tops ....Older Gen.... Hard Top Convertible Spare Tire Humps Opera Windows Pillow-Top Seats Cut Pile Carpet Chromed Plastic What we get now is - No spare wheel (Puncture no car) Stop-Start Engine Why do you want your engine to stop) Keyless Entry (Steel your car) Auto Hand Brakes (Tech that can fail) Excessive Warning Lights (Heart palpitations if you hear these) Voice Control Systems (I am Scottish) Daytime Running Lights (At night I only see the front lights as no one turns their normal lights on) Lane Departure Intervention Navigation Systems Touch Sensitive Controls that don't work or are too slow Visibility Issues (As long as your car looks good, we don't need to see you) Oversized Key Fobs Small Boots Blank switches or parts (Manufacturing Templates) (So you never paid for the extras or gine for the tip of the range model reminder and lets everyone else know too) Manual is better than automatic if your a real driver!!!!

The butterfly/smokers window on the front doors

One feature I really miss are wing windows (little windows in front of the driver & passenger side windows). Really nice for when you don't want to open a full window, and for removing cigarette smoke. I guess now that fewer people smoke wing windows have been taken off. Sad.

You forgot the awesome Ball Cooler Vent under the steering column. And floor Bright Light switches.

Bench seats, column shifters, a proper spare, quarter vents and rear wheel drive.

Pop Up Headlights - R.I.P

The most annoying - actual buttons to change the radio & music are missing

Pop up headlights should also be added

Very nice video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.

A lot of cars have steel wheels covered with plastic caps to look like allow wheels..

Anyone remember the manual choke? Though I suppose I could go back even further and suggest the crank handle starter. :-)

Carburetors and manual chokes. Motorcycles still have them, though.

0:10 Damn! Who spills that much gas?? You just can't do that nowadays, at least in California...

Big engine bay for easy work

Most today won't remember how you turned the high beams on back in the day.... It was a little foot button next to the brake pedal. Most American cars had it this way until the 80s.

When it comes to bench seats, I once read something about how if an unrestrained driver took too hard a turn while sitting on a bench, they could slide out from behind the wheel.

When 100% of ALL cars are REAR WHEEL DRIVE only!

Ash tray.

Rear window louvres? Were popular back in the 70's/80's

Manual adjustable mirrors

*#1* Every pickup truck: “Am i a joke to you?”

WHERE IS POP UP HEADLIGHTS !?

"poverty spec" LMAO

Thank you for the video. You could talk about the gear stick for old cars

Foot operated/hand released parking brake (mostly on American cars), metallic bumpers that could actually stand a small bump without falling apart, smaller A pillars that didn't block your front view. But the thing I miss most are those small triangular swivelling vent windows in front doors.

8 track players, cars made of steel, vinyl tops, old school car jacks with tire iron

features going away: metal oil pan, metal valve covers, metal intake manifolds, cd players, quality interior materials, outward visibility

One feature that may not have completely disappeared but which used to be much more common than it is now is the rear-mounted engine driving the rear-wheels. That was a surprisingly popular configuration during the 1950s and 1960s. Of course Porsche still has that, but just about every other car manufacturer has long since abandoned it. I believe the beginning of the end for rear-engined cars was the publication of Ralph Nader's famous book, "Unsafe At Any Speed", the principal subject of which was the infamous Chevrolet Corvair, which had a rear-mounted air-cooled engine. Other examples of once-common automotive features that have been gone for so long that the presenter probably is not even aware of them include hand-cranked engine starting, air-cooled engines, 2-stroke engines, running boards, rumble seats and 6-volt electrical systems. I actually learned to drive on a Renault R-8 which not only had a rear-mounted engine, but also had a hole through the rear panel through which the back end of the lug wrench could be inserted to hand-crank the engine in case the battery ran out of power. I never had occasion to do that, but the car was actually designed so that, if need be, it could be done.

Being able to fix my car without special tools

Reliability

Ashtrays, column shifters, which all cars should have

FYI - pickup trucks still make bench seats, even today (their baseline trims usually have them, and the Quad/Super/CrewCabs almost always have bench seats in the back as well.)

Frameless windows and pillarless doors. They look uber cool, especially on sedans. And they also make it easier to get in and out of the car. I know they're still around but I don't see them that much.

Chrome trims! who can forgot those shiny chrome & stainless steel trims!

keys that are keys. nowadays they look like testicales. and some doesn't even have anything on it.

your awesome thanx!

I like you vids keep it up❤️🙅🏻‍♂️

Speedometer think about it they've gone to gages to screens

Thought I was watching car throttle oops

Pickup trucks still have bench seats. Granted yes, It's not a "car"

Bumpers that you could use to jack up the car to change tires.

I sure miss the old foot dimmer switch. Back then, I don't know it if was because people drove much better, or if it was the comfort of the foot operated dimmer switch, but people were much better with their headlights back then. It was really a matter of mutual respect and discipline. I think that was a big part of it.

You forgot about hood ornaments.

Window wings, or door vents. Keyed entry/ignition. L6 engines. Standard transmissions. And styling.

What about the choke lever and the under bonnet solenoid switch which enabled you to turn the engine over whilst you looked for a electric spark in a split ignition lead.

I bought a 2017 Lexus. Has a full size spare wheel. It even has a tire pressure sensor, for the bloody spare!

Real hand brakes not fake electronic bs

The choke knob!! And .... vinyl roofs, separate sidelights, chrome wiper arms, grease nipples, 4 speed gearboxes, oil pressure gauges and ammeters, temperature gauges, front parcel shelves, BIG glove boxes.

Red rear blinkers. I believe they have to be colored and placed separate from the tail light now?

wipers on the headlights

cigarette lighters. Cant remember the last time I saw one in a car. Now it's just covered up with a cap supposed to only be used for phone charges and such.

4:16 I never knew there was a 'honder'. I did know there was a 'honda'.

What no longer exists in the automotive world is style. There was a time when any reasonably informed "car guy" could tell you the Make, Model and Year of any car from quite a distance. Now they are all nearly identical.

wtf tons of cars still come w/ steel stamped wheels w/ plastic fake hub cabs!

No power steering, aircon, quarter vent windows and ashtrays.

Homie at :10 does not know how to pump gas 🤨

Crank handles, b-pillar indicators that popped out, hood ornaments and over-riders.

"Space saver tyres" are OK until you have to use them.Suddenly, you are stuck with a huge, dirty, standard tyre which won't fit in the tiny "space saver" spot, & has to ride loose in the boot.Again, tolerable if you don't have anything else in the boot,but ,if you have it is a major nuisance. Antennas? The stumpy "fin " type are very inefficient, & rely upon a preamplifier built into the moulding.If that fails, goodbye radio reception. The dumbest thing that has been introduced are " start" buttons which take us back to the real old days.The combined ignition/starter/ accessories/ steering lock was easy & convenient to use, but the "bean counters"didn't like it, as it cost a bit more than a sensor array for a card & a cheap push button.Hence, a convenient feature has been lost to "progress".

Choke, getting it right was really rewarding and always put you more in control of the car than ever

Im pretty sure that the chrisler town amd country still has an extendable antennas

Manual choke, Ashtrays/Cig lighter, quarterlight windows, drum brakes all round, 3 or 4-speed manual gearboxes (remote or column-change), tiller steering, steam power, crank handles, carburettors, chrome exterior fittings....