I’m not sure most of these deserve to be called features, a lot of them were just how things were done before we thought better of it. Like bench seats, they just suck.
Here’s a feature that today’s cars dont have:
Windows.
The cars I grew up with had ‘em. Lots of large easy to see out of windows.
Todays cars? Most come standard with back up cameras and lane change warnings. Why?
BECAUSE YOU CANT SEE OUT OF THE DANG THINGS.
(I’m on a rant here. Bear with me.)
Todays cars (Yeah, Chrysler 300, I’m taling about you) have tiny little gun slits for windowss. Others have HUGE C and D pillars that make it impossible for you to see outside the car unless you totally rely on mirrors.
The Ford Escape was a great looking SUV. Large square windows that made it easy to drive and to park. Then Ford screwed it up and now Escapes are slopers with poor visibility. And (HA HA!) their saels are down.
/rant off.