What was the last car to be sold in the UK with a ...

[mikeyr]

1. Retractable metal aerial?

2. Cassette player as standard?

3. A manual choke?

4. Central locking

5. Rear windows which pop out a bit rather than wind down

Don't know the answers to these but sure the Jag XK had a metal aerial and that was around 06/07?

And can you buy a car that doesn't have central locking nowadays (whether it is key or keyfob activated)?

[kambites]

Well you can buy cars without doors, so pretty much by definition you can buy cars without central locking.

[HarryFlatters]

mikeyr said:

And can you buy a car that doesn't have central locking nowadays (whether it is key or keyfob activated)?

Does the cheapest Dacia have c-locking?

[tbc]

retractable metal aerial must be the Jag XK8

I remember seeing one from about 2007 and it had one

Edited by tbc on Wednesday 28th August 10:36

[mikeyr]

HarryFlatters said:

Does the cheapest Dacia have c-locking?

Looks like you are right - the Sandero basic spec does not!

[littleredrooster]

Did we not just do this last week?

[Froomee]

350z for a cassette player? Possibly?

[standardman]

retractable metal aerial .. Defender ?

[justanotherJC]

I saw a ~'07 (can't remember exactly) A4 convertible with the Audi Concert tape player in a few weeks ago.

The rear windows on a Renault Kangoo pop out (but maybe that's because they're sliding doors...)

I would presume the manual choke disappeared in ~'93 when catalytic converters and ECUs started to make an appearance.

[longblackcoat]

Rear windows that pop out? Mercedes GL still has this feature for the 3rd row of seats!

[Roo]

Prius and Lexus RX still had cassette players in 2007.

Citroen C1 has pop out rear windows.

[LeftmostAardvark]

Base spec hyundai i10 also doesn't have central locking I think.

The fiat qubo still has push out rear windows I think too.

[Dyl]

Pop out rear windows will be Pug 107/Citroen C1, even in five door flavour, as far as i can remember

[rsox87]

The windows in the rear "doors" of the Mazda RX8 are the little pop open ones - it went off sale in 2010. I wonder if any 3 door hatches have them still? I know that the 208 doesn't but others might do.

[Yiliterate]

mikeyr said:

HarryFlatters said:

Does the cheapest Dacia have c-locking?

Looks like you are right - the Sandero basic spec does not!

Depends what you mean by Central Locking - to paraphprase Jasper Carrott, you can reach all four doors from the driver's seat!

[V88Dicky]

Jimny has an aerial that you 'deploy' by hand and 'retract' by hand.

[Denis O]

The X5 e53 still had a casette player in 2006.

[IN51GHT]

VW Up 5 door has pop our rear windows

[mikeyr]

IN51GHT said:

VW Up 5 door has pop our rear windows

I am really surprised how common this still seems to be - aren't they really easy to break in to?

[Camoradi]

standardman said:

retractable metal aerial .. Defender ?

Not quite...Defender aerials are snappable rather than retractable