If curbside parking between 2 car was an issue for me ( I'm not confident in this type of parking) I would also invest in it myself, however I always find other types of parking
@@just_passing_throughthe fifth wheel would allow you to get into parking spaces too small to manoeuvre into though and would be much quicker, less dangerous on main roads and make it safer to turn around in narrow spaces.
No good these days when thieves will steal anything. I remember being able to leave your car windows down in the summer and no one touched anything in it. Not anymore.
@@johnnygood4831 Depends where you live I've parked my convertible and left the top down hundreds of times and never had an issue... other than when it rained once
@@johnnygood4831 I've left some low value stuff on the seat before and never gotten anything stolen. If its worth much I lock it in the trunk it might or might not get stolen but not really worth the risk.
My 1948 Mk.6 Bentley has 4 floor pedals, 3 normal, but the left most operated a pump that forced oil around the chassis to lubricate the spring shackles to ensure a quiet and comfortable ride.
My very 1st car - 1990 Civic Hatchback manual, with literally non existing features: no abs, no power steering, no power windows, no tachometer! on rear drums, not rotors, BUT It had one unique functionality that I don't see on today's cars - headlight beam was power adjustable from the cabin. Most cars now have a screw adjustment from under the hood... sold with 500K on odometer, still was running great, missed it much 😊
Nissan Skyline GTR R32 in 1989 also had 4 wheel steering and so has every GTR since. The Mitsubishi 3000 GT also had 4 wheel steering, it was pretty popular among certain Japanese brands in the 80:s and 90:s 👍
22:19 The Citroen DS also had directional headlights. Well, everywhere except the US. The US banned them, and Citroen had to revert to standard headlights for the US model only.
I’m 45 & I’ve never seen one, either. Apparently, they left the American market about 50 years ago, due to poor sales & regulatory issues. Renaults haven’t been sold here in over 30 years, either.
My first job out of high school in 1982 was working as a mechanic at the local Ford dealership. A job I kept until 2006. I remember in the 1980s when Ford introduced RKE (remote keyless entry). The true keyless entry was the numbered push buttons on the door. As the video pointed out, RKE was not a popular option at first. After it caught some attention, a lot of car owners wanted it added to their cars. For a couple of years RKE became one of the most popular accessories sold through the parts department. So long as the car was equipped with power door locks, we were able to add RKE. Before anyone asks, yes we were able to add the Ford RKE system to non-Ford vehicles. Hey, if a customer had money, we could do just about anything. Eventually other aftermarket companies started making RKE systems including door lock actuators for cars that had manual door locks. Kind of took away the easy money we were making installing the Ford systems.
It wasn't until 1989 that it became a production option on both the Grand Prix and Cutlass Supreme. In 1988, it only came on the 50 Cutlass Supreme Pace Car replicas.
I was given a rental car upgrade--a BMW with a HUD display for the GPS. It was cool. I really liked it. Especially the last night when I was driving around Chicago in a drizzling rain.
Four wheel steering is still available on GM trucks today. but only in half ton models. and are somewhat popular. although I don't know why. because the rear steering doesn't turn very sharp. and it limits the trucks towing capabilities.
The Renault Fuego was the first car to offer a remote keyless system with central locking, available from September 1982, using a system invented by Frenchman Paul Lipschutz - marketed as the "PLIP" remote. The Fuego was also the first to have remote steering-wheel-mounted controls for the audio system.
The EV1's were not repossessed. They were leased. When lease was up, you returned it. They were always owned by GM. They just didn't give you the option to buy it at the end of the lease. If they let you buy it they would have to provide parts and service for years and years at huge costs. GM has the right and duty to cut their loses.
If you had to live with one, you'd probably be less enthusiastic... Lead/Acid and later Nickel-Metal batteries; ExtreMELY aerodynamic shapes that didn't allow much space; Extremely hard-riding, special low-resistance tires.
Repossessed literally means “to take back possession” and is what GM did, the customers thought the lease could be extended if they wanted when they signed up for the car, however GM reneged on this and took them all back at the end of the first term, despite the words use in common mainstream terminology, the use of the term “ repossessed “ is valid here, though I agree because of said modern term usage it could easily be misconstrued by some thinking that it automatically means that there was financial default, but yes that’s not the case here 👍
It’s true they were all leased, but they didn’t have to crush them. They could have sold them with rock solid agreements that they will no longer provide any kind of service and they are not liable for injury, death, any mechanical repairs etc if they put them up for auction, they could have made millions of dollars. It’s really hard to look at the picture of them being crushed.
@@MugatuJag Between too many federal and state auto laws, possible temporary exemptions they may have had, and waaay too many lawyers, GM played it smart... As far as the crushing, at least they were just ugly econoboxes, the Chrysler Turbines were pieces of Ghia art, inside and out.
10:15 -- Back in my childhood (born 1980) I was really into futurey stuff like that second Back to the Future movie and if I had got to ride in one of those digital dashboard Corvettes with the theme from Beverly Hills Cop playing I would've felt like I was already in the year 2000! Shoot I was plenty fascinated already by my aunt's car that had those flip up headlights and i constantly begged to see them in action!
I love my "articulating" (swiveling) headlights in my 2018 Buick LaCrosse...and the automated cornering lights, too. And I've become addicted to the HUD. After teaching my kids to drive in my car, they were unpleasantly surprised to find that HUD is not only nit standard, but rare to find, and impossible to find in a car if their price range.
Incorrect, Citroen made a lot of modest cars with the hydropneumatic suspension. The GS and BX were cheap, light and really small engined cars, between 1 and 2 liter engines and 800 and 1100KG. Lovely cars, excellent handling and supreme comfort for their size, great braking too.
Tucker did not invent the turning headlights. Some of the higher end cars of the 1920s 1930 had the road lights on the front bumper that pivoted with the front wheels. In addition, only the center light in the Tucker turned once the front wheels turned more than 10 degrees.
20:40 "Electronic fuel injection in it's Type 3 model" is correct. But no Type 3 models were shown in the pictures, and some of the engines shown may have had EFI, but none of the engines were from a Type 3.
None of the square body (G-body) Cutlass Supremes you showed during the HUD segment actually came with the HUD, only the round (W-body) ones. You forgot to mention the reason the Rocket 88 engine was ahead of its time. I had to look it up - it was one of the first OHV engines during a flathead era. Also, I think you should have added in a #14 - the VIC that came in the 80s Buick Reatta, Buick Riviera, and Oldsmobile Toronado. It was a CRT touchscreen display containing the radio, trip computer, and automatic climate control. Very much like today's infotainment systems. Early versions were green monochrome displays, later versions were color CRTs.
Back in 1969 my Dad had a Citroen and it had a hydraulic fluid leak for the suspension. Back then it was the equivalency of about $5 USD per quart of fluid at the time. I have no idea how much it would cost today.
"Many EV-1s were destroyed" - no, ALL of them were. They were not sold, but instead leased by GM, so when the leases were up they collected the cars then crushed them despite many owners attempting to buy them.
One of the dash ones you mentioned, I thought sounded like what was on my moms Grand Prix SE...or GT, I don't remember, but almost certain it was 95. The dash made a projection into the window that had the current speed. It was awesome! Really didn't have to look down at all. I eventually got my license and could drive it to work once in a while. It was also a very fast car that I shouldn't have been driving. No accidents though. Did get a speeding ticket once for 10 over, my young self made sure to never have to pay a ticket again.
I don't understand why more auto companies don't use the door entry pad like Ford uses. That's the best as you never have to worry about locking your keys inside. The only other auto company to use a similar system was Nissan in the 80's...
You are missing the Hill Holder braking feature introduced by Studebaker around 1951 for the manual trans and the Anti-Creep feature for Studebakers with automatic trans. The hill holder was later used by Subaru in the 1980s. You are missing automatic dimming headlights from Lincoln Continentals in the 1960s so when another car approaches your headlights automatically dim so you don't blind oncoming drivers. According to Nash, the 1940 year model was the first car to offer Sealed Beam headlights. The Weather Eye system also from Nash in 1940 guaranteed only 1 degree difference in room temperature front to back of the car.
And YOU sir are missing the fact that Lincoln BOUGHT General Motors' 1950s Guidematic for the auto-dimming feature... Also, the 1964-67 Turbo-Hydramatic 400 transmissions in certain GM cars had an anti-creep feature as part of their extra-acceleration "Switch-Pitch transmissions.
I had a Prelude with the 4-wheel steering. That thing was unnerving! Going around turns it always felt like the back end was sliding out on you, and inspired the exact opposite of confidence on curvy roads. I suppose if you could get over that, it may actually improve cornering, but it was so unsettling that I wound up driving like a little old lady any time there was a curve in the road!
That fifth wheel could have also been used as the spare tire. If you got a flat you could use the fifth wheel. Then after you got your flat fixed you could put the fifth wheel back in its place.
The HUD is the best feature. Drove a loaner bmw which had a hud. This was like around 2010 or so and I was mesmerized. It projected the speed, distance to turn and navigation onto the windshield which hovered about say 6ft in front of the windshield. It looked amazing at night but the glare of the box projector daytime was annoying. If they fixed that then this would have been amazing
@@fr9714 Several reasons. During day time driving, we cannot wear our polarized sunglasses if we wanted to use the HUD. And the glare from the windshield is too harsh without polarized glasses. We also find it too blurry, not bright enough (especially during the day), and generally just not too pleasant to look at. We prefer the clearer digital dash board displays.
The first production automobile to offer fuel injection in a gasoline engine was Mercedes- end in 1954 and the first American made automobile was the Chevrolet Corvette and Bel Air models in 1957 as an option.
Customer: “Good morning sir. Yes, I would like something that makes me look as un4_{kable as possible please” Dealer: “ Your in luck, I got this thing over here, they call it an EV1”
Heated seats enjoy popularity today because they heat up the user a lot faster than a cabin heater. It's all about the passengers. Thats why EVERY electric car uses them as well as it uses far less energy to heat a seat.
turbo engine with water/meth injection, oldsmobile in the 60's, frigidaire a/c and hydraulic power window and locks from cadillac in the 50's are the greatest to me
I had a Cadillac with the hydraulic pump from the convertibles that ran the windows & front seat, and a (dried out) vacuum-powered antenna and clogged vacuum-powered windshield washers... I've never seen power locks that weren't either electric solenoid or vacuum-cylinder powered. You sure about hydraulic locks?
@@dannydaw59 60 years ago it meant Turbo Rocket Fluid, a mixture of water and methanol that was used to cool the intake charge and prevent detonation before electronic spark control. Today it means slamming crystal... LOL
@@DenUitvreter we are not the leaders. By a long shot. Europe and China have much more expansive charging networks, a charging standard, even battery swaps for quick top ups. They also have a wider variety of vehicles for all price ranges and life styles
The fifth wheel would be a viable option now. It could be much smaller and electric. A smaller tire, maybe even a solid one would suffice at parking speed.
I loved the irony that the "EV-1"'s original name was "Impact." And let's not forget that the 1984 Corvette had a very slick digital dash long before Aston Martin.
Volkswagen was not the first to use EFI. The 1957 Corvette used fuel injection, but it was manual. The following year in 1958, Chrysler used EFI in many of their vehicles
#2 we now have four-wheel steering again, at low speeds for smaller turning circles. Several premium cars have it now (in addition to automatic parking which is the modern solution to #1)
I think you are confusing the actual heater... I owned a 1949 Cadillac with automatic temperature control of the heat. It had one heater core in the dash for defrosting, and 2 heater cores beneath the front seat with FANS to warm everyone's feet.
Let me guess back then most of these were talked down on like how we do with new technology like turbo charge or cvt engines. People probably were saying back in the door cars were made better and lasted longer now people say now. 20 to 40 years from now we will say the same positives about cars now compared to the newer once.
Ha I wanted a 4 steer prelude, the first one in our town had just sold so i put a deposit down for the next one. The salesman called a couple weeks later, your car is here so i got down to the dealership as fast as i could, as im walking into the showroom, i see a brand new prelude in the service bay with with a great big scratch all down the passenger side. Sales tells “yeah thats the first 4 steer we sold. The owner is still getting used to driving it, I looked at my wife., and we left with a front steer haha
Imagine being a young inventor of one of those things back in the day, and being turned down by your employer. 50-60 years later, you're poor and see that someone else implemented your ideas on new cars...
02:37 - American Bantam built prototypes of their BRC 60 and BRC 40 ('Jeeps') with four wheel steer in 1941, as did Willys and Ford. Per EWillys, Ford built 100, Bantam and Willys 50 each. Some sources vary regarding quantities. Ordnance even included instructions for maintenance of the 4 wheel steering components of Ford's _GPW-4WS_ model in technical manual TM-1205, issued 1941.
If the 5th real was released in today's time would be huge drifting and doing doughnuts at the slideshow bigger than building rice rockets and draft racing
Why would that 5th wheel need to be the same size as the other 4 wheels when its only purpose was to move half the car’s weight a few feet at a fraction of the speed?
It is a lot more convenient and safer to have your fuel in digits instead of a dial (also digital). Mind that 60 mp/h in digits is not identical to 60 mp/h indicated by a needle 😅
Remote central locking was a French invention being used first on a Renault fuego. The Ford keyless entry system was not a fob system it was a keypad on the car. Keyfob came from Europe France not usa they where many years behind Europe
Are people really that desperate and pathetic that they watch this video because of the thumbnail? It wasn't worth that many views when all of it is basically a copyright infringe ripped off from other sources exact to the originals.
The fifth tire looks great I’d pay alittle extra for that!!
If curbside parking between 2 car was an issue for me ( I'm not confident in this type of parking) I would also invest in it myself, however I always find other types of parking
So would I imagine the fun you could have doing low speed donuts😂!!
@@michaelking101 or high-speed
Or…. You could just learn to drive. I know, ridiculous concept.
@@just_passing_throughthe fifth wheel would allow you to get into parking spaces too small to manoeuvre into though and would be much quicker, less dangerous on main roads and make it safer to turn around in narrow spaces.
The Tucker 48 only had one light that swiveled. It was the light in the center not the two head lights in the fenders.
I've seen a schematic showing 3 bulbs in the center housing, being varied in illumination in tandem with the steering
Correct
4:52 actually the Model T was the first ‘keyless entry’ since there were no door locks. 😂
Or roof to keep you out. Can't remember if the model t even had keys
No good these days when thieves will steal anything. I remember being able to leave your car windows down in the summer and no one touched anything in it. Not anymore.
@@johnnygood4831 Depends where you live I've parked my convertible and left the top down hundreds of times and never had an issue... other than when it rained once
@@redtra236 And how much stuff did you leave on the seats? I could do that back then.
@@johnnygood4831 I've left some low value stuff on the seat before and never gotten anything stolen. If its worth much I lock it in the trunk it might or might not get stolen but not really worth the risk.
My 1948 Mk.6 Bentley has 4 floor pedals, 3 normal, but the left most operated a pump that forced oil around the chassis to lubricate the spring shackles to ensure a quiet and comfortable ride.
My very 1st car - 1990 Civic Hatchback manual, with literally non existing features: no abs, no power steering, no power windows, no tachometer! on rear drums, not rotors, BUT It had one unique functionality that I don't see on today's cars - headlight beam was power adjustable from the cabin. Most cars now have a screw adjustment from under the hood... sold with 500K on odometer, still was running great, missed it much 😊
Nissan Skyline GTR R32 in 1989 also had 4 wheel steering and so has every GTR since.
The Mitsubishi 3000 GT also had 4 wheel steering, it was pretty popular among certain Japanese brands in the 80:s and 90:s 👍
yes but. Honda was the first to install 4WS as standard
a loooot of cars still have 4ws.. and it was extremely common around 1990-1998
What are you talking about? I literally have that car and it does not have 4 wheel steering, it has 4WD if that's what you mean.
Eagle talon 4 wheel steering back in 1990! Had 1!
@@kennethpaladino4948Yup. That car shared a platform with the Mitsubishi Eclipse.
I like the new electric car starters. Much better then the crank ones !
22:19 The Citroen DS also had directional headlights. Well, everywhere except the US. The US banned them, and Citroen had to revert to standard headlights for the US model only.
I don't believe I have ever once seen a Citroen in the United States of America in my 32 years. I could be wrong... But I'm just saying.
I’m 45 & I’ve never seen one, either. Apparently, they left the American market about 50 years ago, due to poor sales & regulatory issues. Renaults haven’t been sold here in over 30 years, either.
@@derekspringer6448 I have seen Citroens for sale onEbay but no driving on a road. Best wishes.
15:42 OMG! That's just like my 1989 Oldsmobile cutlass supreme! YES GOD! I miss that car!
My first job out of high school in 1982 was working as a mechanic at the local Ford dealership. A job I kept until 2006. I remember in the 1980s when Ford introduced RKE (remote keyless entry). The true keyless entry was the numbered push buttons on the door. As the video pointed out, RKE was not a popular option at first. After it caught some attention, a lot of car owners wanted it added to their cars. For a couple of years RKE became one of the most popular accessories sold through the parts department. So long as the car was equipped with power door locks, we were able to add RKE. Before anyone asks, yes we were able to add the Ford RKE system to non-Ford vehicles. Hey, if a customer had money, we could do just about anything. Eventually other aftermarket companies started making RKE systems including door lock actuators for cars that had manual door locks. Kind of took away the easy money we were making installing the Ford systems.
The pontiac grand prix from 1988 had the same head up display ( HUD) on the windshield. it was the same platform/uni-body chassis as the Oldsmobile.
It wasn't until 1989 that it became a production option on both the Grand Prix and Cutlass Supreme. In 1988, it only came on the 50 Cutlass Supreme Pace Car replicas.
LOVED my heads up display.
You forgot "safety glass" and "seat belts", both of which were included in the Tucker 48!! 🤨
Also had disc brakes Check out 'tucker the man and his dream' film
@@christopher2941Great movie and a beautiful car.
Seatbelts were specifically NOT included in the Tucker. A 'safety cell' you were supposed to drop into was however!!
I was given a rental car upgrade--a BMW with a HUD display for the GPS. It was cool. I really liked it. Especially the last night when I was driving around Chicago in a drizzling rain.
There were some higher end GMC pickups in the early 2000’s that had 4 wheel steering as well. They didn’t seem to last long or catch on.
Four wheel steering is still available on GM trucks today. but only in half ton models. and are somewhat popular. although I don't know why. because the rear steering doesn't turn very sharp. and it limits the trucks towing capabilities.
The Renault Fuego was the first car to offer a remote keyless system with central locking, available from September 1982, using a system invented by Frenchman Paul Lipschutz - marketed as the "PLIP" remote. The Fuego was also the first to have remote steering-wheel-mounted controls for the audio system.
My 1980s toyota soarer digital dashboard still works.
The EV1's were not repossessed. They were leased. When lease was up, you returned it. They were always owned by GM. They just didn't give you the option to buy it at the end of the lease. If they let you buy it they would have to provide parts and service for years and years at huge costs. GM has the right and duty to cut their loses.
EV1 was bad ass for its time. Sad that GM crushed all them. It was a premature release.
If you had to live with one, you'd probably be less enthusiastic...
Lead/Acid and later Nickel-Metal batteries; ExtreMELY aerodynamic shapes that didn't allow much space; Extremely hard-riding, special low-resistance tires.
Repossessed literally means “to take back possession” and is what GM did, the customers thought the lease could be extended if they wanted when they signed up for the car, however GM reneged on this and took them all back at the end of the first term, despite the words use in common mainstream terminology, the use of the term “ repossessed “ is valid here, though I agree because of said modern term usage it could easily be misconstrued by some thinking that it automatically means that there was financial default, but yes that’s not the case here 👍
It’s true they were all leased, but they didn’t have to crush them. They could have sold them with rock solid agreements that they will no longer provide any kind of service and they are not liable for injury, death, any mechanical repairs etc if they put them up for auction, they could have made millions of dollars. It’s really hard to look at the picture of them being crushed.
@@MugatuJag Between too many federal and state auto laws, possible temporary exemptions they may have had, and waaay too many lawyers, GM played it smart... As far as the crushing, at least they were just ugly econoboxes, the Chrysler Turbines were pieces of Ghia art, inside and out.
1:55 and today we have cars that(supposidly) park themselves.
What the hell 😂😂😂
I can park my Toyota bZ4X remotely from my phone ❤️
10:15 -- Back in my childhood (born 1980) I was really into futurey stuff like that second Back to the Future movie and if I had got to ride in one of those digital dashboard Corvettes with the theme from Beverly Hills Cop playing I would've felt like I was already in the year 2000! Shoot I was plenty fascinated already by my aunt's car that had those flip up headlights and i constantly begged to see them in action!
I love my "articulating" (swiveling) headlights in my 2018 Buick LaCrosse...and the automated cornering lights, too. And I've become addicted to the HUD. After teaching my kids to drive in my car, they were unpleasantly surprised to find that HUD is not only nit standard, but rare to find, and impossible to find in a car if their price range.
I had a Prelude in the late 80s! ❤
Incorrect, Citroen made a lot of modest cars with the hydropneumatic suspension. The GS and BX were cheap, light and really small engined cars, between 1 and 2 liter engines and 800 and 1100KG. Lovely cars, excellent handling and supreme comfort for their size, great braking too.
We had a GS and a BX. They were awesome cars
My first car back in 89 was a BX. Loved it.
I just love the 5th wheel, it makes parking so effortless
Yooooooo what car interior is that in the thumbnail ? It looks cosy af 🤗
Tucker did not invent the turning headlights. Some of the higher end cars of the 1920s 1930 had the road lights on the front bumper that pivoted with the front wheels. In addition, only the center light in the Tucker turned once the front wheels turned more than 10 degrees.
20:40 "Electronic fuel injection in it's Type 3 model" is correct. But no Type 3 models were shown in the pictures, and some of the engines shown may have had EFI, but none of the engines were from a Type 3.
Whoever put this video together did not do very good research or collecting of media. Downvote into oblivion. 👎
GM shot themselves in the foot when they pulled the plug on the EV1
I was led to believe the Renault Fuego of 1982 was the first car to have “infra red remote control central door locking”?
Le plip......
And now of course keyless entry makes it easier to steal the car than ever.
None of the square body (G-body) Cutlass Supremes you showed during the HUD segment actually came with the HUD, only the round (W-body) ones. You forgot to mention the reason the Rocket 88 engine was ahead of its time. I had to look it up - it was one of the first OHV engines during a flathead era. Also, I think you should have added in a #14 - the VIC that came in the 80s Buick Reatta, Buick Riviera, and Oldsmobile Toronado. It was a CRT touchscreen display containing the radio, trip computer, and automatic climate control. Very much like today's infotainment systems. Early versions were green monochrome displays, later versions were color CRTs.
Back in 1969 my Dad had a Citroen and it had a hydraulic fluid leak for the suspension. Back then it was the equivalency of about $5 USD per quart of fluid at the time. I have no idea how much it would cost today.
The hud is my favorite feature of my newer model buick
The Lagonda was also the first car to feature touch sensitive buttons.
"Many EV-1s were destroyed" - no, ALL of them were. They were not sold, but instead leased by GM, so when the leases were up they collected the cars then crushed them despite many owners attempting to buy them.
not all were destroyed!
America before: now here is the ev1
Detroit electric: am I a joke to you
One of the dash ones you mentioned, I thought sounded like what was on my moms Grand Prix SE...or GT, I don't remember, but almost certain it was 95. The dash made a projection into the window that had the current speed. It was awesome! Really didn't have to look down at all. I eventually got my license and could drive it to work once in a while. It was also a very fast car that I shouldn't have been driving. No accidents though. Did get a speeding ticket once for 10 over, my young self made sure to never have to pay a ticket again.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
I don't understand why more auto companies don't use the door entry pad like Ford uses. That's the best as you never have to worry about locking your keys inside. The only other auto company to use a similar system was Nissan in the 80's...
I love that feature also. Toyota also offers it as an option on the Sienna.
I believe Ford has a patent on that feature.
You are missing the Hill Holder braking feature introduced by Studebaker around 1951 for the manual trans and the Anti-Creep feature for Studebakers with automatic trans. The hill holder was later used by Subaru in the 1980s. You are missing automatic dimming headlights from Lincoln Continentals in the 1960s so when another car approaches your headlights automatically dim so you don't blind oncoming drivers. According to Nash, the 1940 year model was the first car to offer Sealed Beam headlights. The Weather Eye system also from Nash in 1940 guaranteed only 1 degree difference in room temperature front to back of the car.
And YOU sir are missing the fact that Lincoln BOUGHT General Motors' 1950s Guidematic for the auto-dimming feature... Also, the 1964-67 Turbo-Hydramatic 400 transmissions in certain GM cars had an anti-creep feature as part of their extra-acceleration "Switch-Pitch transmissions.
Windshield wiper protectors were something used in the past but not now.
I had a Prelude with the 4-wheel steering. That thing was unnerving! Going around turns it always felt like the back end was sliding out on you, and inspired the exact opposite of confidence on curvy roads. I suppose if you could get over that, it may actually improve cornering, but it was so unsettling that I wound up driving like a little old lady any time there was a curve in the road!
Lagonda with Luxembourg number plate 💪👍🇱🇺
My 1992 Grand Prix had a HUD.
My fiancé's 2024 Pathfinder now has one
That fifth wheel could have also been used as the spare tire. If you got a flat you could use the fifth wheel. Then after you got your flat fixed you could put the fifth wheel back in its place.
The HUD is the best feature. Drove a loaner bmw which had a hud. This was like around 2010 or so and I was mesmerized. It projected the speed, distance to turn and navigation onto the windshield which hovered about say 6ft in front of the windshield. It looked amazing at night but the glare of the box projector daytime was annoying. If they fixed that then this would have been amazing
Both our cars (Audi and Lexus) have advanced HUD, with colored displays, Navigation, speedometer, etc. We never use any of them. We hate them.
@ curious. Why?
@@fr9714 Several reasons. During day time driving, we cannot wear our polarized sunglasses if we wanted to use the HUD. And the glare from the windshield is too harsh without polarized glasses. We also find it too blurry, not bright enough (especially during the day), and generally just not too pleasant to look at. We prefer the clearer digital dash board displays.
The EV1 is the second most aerodynamic production car of all time
Wheres the girl?
That's what I wanted to know.
Congratulations, boys, youve been click baited.
@@nimblehealer199 And that's why, I never subbed.
Why isn't she driving?
Dam click bait
An old car salesman told me that Al Capone had the first remote starter.
He’d pay some nearby kid a quarter to start his car for him, 🧨
Wow, he was willing to sacrifice some innocent child for his wicked self in case the child got blown to the moon by explosives. What a nice guy. 💩
The Tucker and DS were ahead of time as whole, not for just some features.
The first production automobile to offer fuel injection in a gasoline engine was Mercedes- end in 1954 and the first American made automobile was the Chevrolet Corvette and Bel Air models in 1957 as an option.
Customer: “Good morning sir. Yes, I would like something that makes me look as un4_{kable as possible please”
Dealer: “ Your in luck, I got this thing over here, they call it an EV1”
Visionary vehicles
Heated seats enjoy popularity today because they heat up the user a lot faster than a cabin heater. It's all about the passengers. Thats why EVERY electric car uses them as well as it uses far less energy to heat a seat.
11:18 - of course, the trip meter on the Aston-Martin is set at 007.
turbo engine with water/meth injection, oldsmobile in the 60's, frigidaire a/c and hydraulic power window and locks from cadillac in the 50's are the greatest to me
I had a Cadillac with the hydraulic pump from the convertibles that ran the windows & front seat, and a (dried out) vacuum-powered antenna and clogged vacuum-powered windshield washers... I've never seen power locks that weren't either electric solenoid or vacuum-cylinder powered. You sure about hydraulic locks?
Meth injection? What's that?
@@dannydaw59 60 years ago it meant Turbo Rocket Fluid, a mixture of water and methanol that was used to cool the intake charge and prevent detonation before electronic spark control. Today it means slamming crystal... LOL
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The fact that America could have been the leaders in the EV world but chose to kill it really irks me
America is the leader in the EV world, but Tesla is not in Detroit.
@@DenUitvreter we are not the leaders. By a long shot. Europe and China have much more expansive charging networks, a charging standard, even battery swaps for quick top ups. They also have a wider variety of vehicles for all price ranges and life styles
@@JayLew91 Those are followers, not the leader.
@@DenUitvreter how are they followers when they are ahead of us?
@@JayLew91 China stole teslas tech they have nothing
I had an 88 prelude 4ws it was a fun far.
Fun fact, electric cars were produced example by porsche even before petrol cars so that EV1 is not the first and not new in idea...
Buy an AUDI. After 10years my A3 is so good that the safety inspector wondered its fine condition.
The fifth wheel would be a viable option now. It could be much smaller and electric. A smaller tire, maybe even a solid one would suffice at parking speed.
I loved the irony that the "EV-1"'s original name was "Impact." And let's not forget that the 1984 Corvette had a very slick digital dash long before Aston Martin.
How did the 1984 Corvette manage to be made before the 1976 Aston-Martin?
The Aston Martin Lagonda was the first . Still a beautiful fast aristocratic express.
Volkswagen was not the first to use EFI. The 1957 Corvette used fuel injection, but it was manual. The following year in 1958, Chrysler used EFI in many of their vehicles
It’s called a Tucker torpedo!
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You forgot Cadillac's 1950s automatic headlights and windshield wipers.
It was the Renault Fuego in 1982 that had the first remote keyless entry system. Ford was not the first.
#2 we now have four-wheel steering again, at low speeds for smaller turning circles. Several premium cars have it now (in addition to automatic parking which is the modern solution to #1)
Very expensive setup.
Buick Reatta touchscreen?
The touch screen you’re talking about also acted as a on board diagnostics system.
The fiat Uno at 1.17 puzzles me somewhat, the rear wheel arches are cut up past window height, I wonder what function that way created for?
Heated front seats are also present in 1958 Buick's (Super, Roadmaster and Limited). It had a separate radiator underneath the front bench.
THAT HAD TO BE AS BAD AS THE LEAKING HEATER CORE MOUNTED UNDER THE PASS SIDE DASH, INAGINE THE SCALDING IF THE SEAT RADIATOR POPPED OPEN!
I think you are confusing the actual heater... I owned a 1949 Cadillac with automatic temperature control of the heat. It had one heater core in the dash for defrosting, and 2 heater cores beneath the front seat with FANS to warm everyone's feet.
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Let me guess back then most of these were talked down on like how we do with new technology like turbo charge or cvt engines. People probably were saying back in the door cars were made better and lasted longer now people say now. 20 to 40 years from now we will say the same positives about cars now compared to the newer once.
Firstly nobody talks down on turbochargers... Secondly CVT's aren't engines, they are transmissions. And they suck big time.
Ha I wanted a 4 steer prelude, the first one in our town had just sold so i put a deposit down for the next one. The salesman called a couple weeks later, your car is here so i got down to the dealership as fast as i could, as im walking into the showroom, i see a brand new prelude in the service bay with with a great big scratch all down the passenger side. Sales tells “yeah thats the first 4 steer we sold. The owner is still getting used to driving it, I looked at my wife., and we left with a front steer haha
Please either extend video or get rid of the 'end cards'. It's annoying and blocks the last scene.
Oldsmobile really was ahead of its time tbh, especially the oldsmobile aura
Imagine being a young inventor of one of those things back in the day, and being turned down by your employer. 50-60 years later, you're poor and see that someone else implemented your ideas on new cars...
02:37 - American Bantam built prototypes of their BRC 60 and BRC 40 ('Jeeps') with four wheel steer in 1941, as did Willys and Ford.
Per EWillys, Ford built 100, Bantam and Willys 50 each. Some sources vary regarding quantities.
Ordnance even included instructions for maintenance of the 4 wheel steering components of Ford's _GPW-4WS_ model in technical manual TM-1205, issued 1941.
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
The first car with EFI was indeed in 1969, but it was a Citroen, not a VW.
Ford had a keyless entry system where you punched in a code on the door and it unlocked. My 1980s Town Cars had it.
They still have it, it’s on my ‘23 F150 although I haven’t used it.
Toyota offers it on their Sienna. N
GM Closed Tucker down
All three shut Tucker down, I still want one
If the 5th real was released in today's time would be huge drifting and doing doughnuts at the slideshow bigger than building rice rockets and draft racing
the beetle never had an EFI. you said type 3 did but showed the beetle which is type 1.
Incorrect! The first year of the Volkswagen Beetle to have fuel injection was 1975.
@@timfreeman3178 1991 actually
@@thorstenrock8708 I'm referring to the original VW Beetle that was manufactured and sold in the USA, not the Beetle manufactured in Mexico.
Swivel headlights existed in the 30s
The fifth wheel is the steering wheel
Honda insight mid eighties
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Why would that 5th wheel need to be the same size as the other 4 wheels when its only purpose was to move half the car’s weight a few feet at a fraction of the speed?
4:36 there are still cars and trucks that have 4 wheel steer
Take a shot every time he says "complexity"
In Europe hud has been on most eco and family cars since 2000 peugeot and psa have developed some very good systems
It is a lot more convenient and safer to have your fuel in digits instead of a dial (also digital).
Mind that 60 mp/h in digits is not identical to 60 mp/h indicated by a needle 😅
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So Digi Dashes were around in the 70s too?
Why wasn't the touch screen radio in the '89-'92 Olds Toronado Trofeo included?
Hell, what about the totally analog signal-searching radios that GM had in the 1950s & 1960s???
Skill to do comes of doing.
Remote central locking was a French invention being used first on a Renault fuego. The Ford keyless entry system was not a fob system it was a keypad on the car. Keyfob came from Europe France not usa they where many years behind Europe
Are people really that desperate and pathetic that they watch this video because of the thumbnail? It wasn't worth that many views when all of it is basically a copyright infringe ripped off from other sources exact to the originals.
Well, I see *you* watched it. LOL.
The Honda prelude debuted in 1978 not 1987.