Car culture loves to romanticize the past, but let’s be honest: most modern vehicles are dramatically better than anything your parents drove. Safer, faster, more efficient, and packed with technology that would have seemed like science fiction a generation ago. Yet for every genuine leap forward, the industry occasionally stumbles — introducing features that are more gimmick than game-changer, more frustrating than functional. Some of today’s most talked-about innovations may not look so clever in the rearview mirror.
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