S1 Ep118: These Car Gimmicks Failed Spectacularly

Past Gas

Donut Media

Leisure, Comedy, History, Automotive

4.9 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

A big ol’ slab of granite… A convenient keychain murder alarm… A steering wheel shaped like a Pop Tart… These are among the many innovations that at one point or another automakers have decided should come with their cars. Why? Only God and Henry Ford know the answer. Buckle your automatic seat belt, because today on Past Gas we’ve collected some of the most unusual, unnecessary, and downright unhinged gimmicks in the history of cars!

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0:42.7	but it was so obvious what it was obviously
0:44.2	because nothing's shaped like a bike
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