Parts deemed crucial to operating a car just a couple of decades ago are disappearing.
The clutch pedal is now absent in more than 90 per cent of new cars here. The physical key - the one with teeth - has gone the way of the dodo. The handbrake lever has been replaced by an electrical device in 50 per cent of new models, if not more.
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