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unusual facts about steering wheel


Steering wheel

:Introduced on the 1961 Ford Thunderbird, and made available on other Ford products throughout the 1960s, the Swing-away steering wheel allowed the steering wheel to move nine inches to the right when the transmission selector was in Park, so as to make driver exit and entry easier.


US-1 Trucks

As to suit the driving style, the controllers were not hand-held, but were intended to resemble the dashboard of a truck, with a steering wheel (to control the speed) and a shifter mounted to the side (to control the direction).


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Cadillac Sixteen

The Sixteen has the Cadillac logo carved out of solid crystal on the steering wheel and a Bulgari clock on the dashboard.

Car crusher

A car crusher also featured in Need for Speed: The Run, Jack is seen tied to the steering wheel of his red Porsche Carrera 911, on a crusher in a junkyard, before Janella Salvador/Habib Diator's death.

G25

Logitech G25, an electronic steering wheel designed for Sim racing video games on the PC, PS2 and PS3

Hit That

The video is based in the United Kingdom, revealed by the unmistakable terraced houses, road markings, vehicle numberplates and the steering wheel in the van (a Ford Transit Connect) being on the right.

Iso Fidia

The instruments now appeared more randomly scattered than on the earlier cars, and were partially obscured by the Nardi steering wheel.

Karobes

The company's catalogues in the early 1970s offered a wide range of products, from heel pads (for high-heels) to spotlight hoods, steering wheel gloves, vinyl roof kits and wiper attachments.

Plymouth Pronto Spyder

Aside from the engine, the plastic tortoise-shell steering wheel rim was later used on the Chrysler 300C.

Race Drivin'

The game was ported to various systems such as the Game Boy, Sega Genesis, and SNES but received sub-par reviews due to the over-demanding requirements (i.e. 3D rendering) of the game on what was still primitive hardware as well as the poor translation of the arcade controls (steering wheel, shifter, etc.) to the new platform's controls.

Toyota Camry Solara

Interior changes include Optitron gauges, blue backlighting in the rest of the car's controls, a new steering wheel design that is somewhat similar to the recently revised Camry SE's steering wheel, revised shifter, MP3 and WMA CD playback capability, external audio device (e.g. iPod, Zen, cassette) auxiliary port connectivity, Bluetooth connectivity, and voice-activated navigation on the SLE V6 models.