[WiZ] The Lexus Nexus

[WiZ]

The 2010 Lexus SC430 had a feature which, despite being a relatively cheap and simple addition which worked perfectly and without complications, has never been included in any mass-produced car model, of any make, since. Why hasn't it?

True story. Caveat earlispoilor.

[GalFisk]

Did it work too well? Did it make the maker less money? Or the service people? Was it an electronic feature? Electric? Mechanical? Chemical? Did it cause a problem? Is the lifecycle of a car relevant? Was there a danger? Patents involved? Other legal issues? Was it superseded? Made obsolete? Or redundant? Was it inside the car? Safety relevant?

[WiZ]

Did it work too well? Did it make the maker less money? Or the service people? no to all Was it an electronic feature? Electric? Mechanical? it had elements of all three Chemical? no Did it cause a problem? no Is the lifecycle of a car relevant? no Was there a danger? no Patents involved? no Other legal issues? no Was it superseded? Made obsolete? this Or redundant? Was it inside the car? yes Safety relevant? no

[GalFisk]

Is the feature related to: comfort? Convenience? Usability? Driving? Parking? Weather? Road conditions? Passengers? Windows? Seats? Entertainment? connectivity? Was it made redundant by smart phones? Other electronic devices? By some other car feature?

[trebor2]

Was the feature to do with heating? Cooling? GPS? Music/media/podcasts? Charging a device? Device connectivity?

Was it made obsolete because of something that was later invented? Because something else went obsolete? Because of some event that happened?

[trebor2]

PMing WAG.

[WiZ]

GalFisk

Is the feature related to: comfort? Convenience? Usability? Driving? Parking? Weather? Road conditions? Passengers? Windows? Seats? Entertainment? this, no to rest connectivity? Was it made redundant by smart phones? not immediately Other electronic devices? By some other car feature? yes to both

Trebor


Was the feature to do with heating? Cooling? GPS? Music this /media/podcasts? Charging a device? Device connectivity?

Was it made obsolete because of something that was later invented? yesish Because something else went obsolete? Because of some event that happened? no to rest

PMing WAG. Not correct, but very interesting (and probably more lateral than the actual solution, tbh)

[GalFisk]

Music from: radio? Tape? Disc? Solid state memory? Mobile device? Apple device? WAG: did it support the quickly obsoleted Apple 30-pin connector used in early iPhones, iPads and iPods?

[Sarisberie2]

To be clear, was the feature used in other vehicles? If not, could it have been, in theory?

[WiZ]

Sarisberie

To be clear, was the feature used in other vehicles? yes If not, could it have been, in theory? In practical terms, there was nothing to prevent this

GalFisk

Music from: radio? Tape? this Disc? Solid state memory? Mobile device? Apple device? no to rest WAG: did it support the quickly obsoleted Apple 30-pin connector used in early iPhones, iPads and iPods? no, but interesting

***** SPOILER *****

The 2010 Lexus SC430 was the last ever car model to come equipped with a tape deck.

Congratulations, GalFisk, on the solution, and thank you everyone for playing!