5 New Car Features That Aren't Really New

The 2013 MKZ, Lincoln's new midsize sedan arriving in dealerships this fall, won't have a lever in the center console that lets you shift between neutral, reverse, and drive. Instead, five electric pushbuttons electromechanically "shift" a conventional automatic transmission.

These buttons on the dash trigger an electric motor that physically moves cables connected to the automatic's mechanical shift mechanism. In an ordinary car, the shift lever would be connected to a console- or column-mounted shift lever.

But we've seen this before.

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/industry/5-new-car-features-that-arent-really-new?src=rss

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