15 GENIUS British Car Features Ahead of Their Time

If you go on the road today, it is easy to forget just how many normal car features actually started out as experiments in British factories. Things like adjustable dashboard air vents, heated windscreens, and anti-lock brakes were all created decades ago around places like Coventry, Birmingham, and Tamworth, long before foreign rivals copied them. Looking back at classic british cars, it is impressive how many futuristic ideas came out of Britain first, even if a few were let down by dodgy electrics and bad timing.