There are some features you may have been used to that are either vanishing or have already gone away. As car companies update their interiors and engines, some of the most familiar things we grew up with are giving way to features and controls that designers feel are slicker and more 21st century. Check out the extinct, or soon to be extinct:

Column Shifters
Three-speed column shifters  know as a "Three on a Tree"  first?

our vehicle is a lot like a good bird dog, saddle horse, or trained hunting falcon: It's often trying to tell you something important. To protect your bank balance, your vehicle, and perhaps your own body, we offer this vehicle-to-human translation guide.

1. A slapping noise that increases tempo with vehicle speed

This is the sound of a tire dying. Its tread is separating from the carcass of the tire. As the tread leaves?d

Beginning later on this year, Mercedes is going to refresh its costliest sports vehicle with this, their Mercedes SLS AMG GT of 2013, with a power boost, a couple of nicer details as well as the gullwing doors which provide the $200,000 vehicle its historical cachet. For this money, you will always have the ability to hit sixty miles per hour in beneath 4 seconds.

Engineers at Mercedes increased the AMG 6.3-liter V8 by twenty horsepower to 583 horsepower, keeping a maximum torque at 479 pound-foot, lowering 0 to 60 times to 3.6 sec. and setting its…

Victoria Beckham, former Spice Girl, signed on as Land Rover's spokesperson.  Land Rover is uncovering the new Victoria Beckham Edition 'Evoque' within a preview before the opening of the 2012 Motor Show in Beijing. Land Rover's Evoque is a home run for the British manufacturer.  Plus, it credits the spectrum of customizable options provided upon its 1st-ever crossover-utility vehicle.  It carries over to the unit formally dubbed Range Rover's Evoque Edition with?

As vehicles have become more enhanced over time, it's been growingly difficult for enterprising owners to do fundamental repairs and maintenance. Whilst a few jobs require expert experience and costly tools, there remain several things a handy owner could perform to keep a vehicle running in tip-top shape and save cash in the process. Here include some ideas from automotive professionals:

1) Treat hazy headlight lenses: Modern day headlight assemblies typically possess clear plastic?

Beginning later on this year, Mercedes is going to refresh its costliest sports vehicle with this, their Mercedes SLS AMG GT of 2013, with a power boost, a couple of nicer details as well as the gullwing doors which provide the $200,000 vehicle its historical cachet. For this money, you will always have the ability to hit sixty miles per hour in beneath 4 seconds.

Engineers at Mercedes increased the AMG 6.3-liter V8?

BMW, for the last couple of years, has made it their habit to uncover new, as well as daring concept vehicles at the classic auto gathering of Europe's best on shores of Lake Como in Italy, the Concorso d'Eleganza. Here, initially witnessed in Autos' Motoramic on Yahoo!, includes a live picture of its most recent, the Zagato Coupe by BMW, a 1st-time coupling with the design house of Zagato implying what is possible.

Following a 2-year gap driven by a bankruptcy at Chrysler, the sole US-built V-10 supercar is presently born again as the SRT Viper of 2013, as well as sports Ferrari-fighting degrees of refinement and power. To the huge masses at the NY Auto Show, Ralph Gilles, SRT chief, drove not only the production Viper upon stage, yet a racing version which will compete within the American LeMans series GT class.

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Recently, there were reported complaints from owners of the Chevy Volt whose 120-v charging cords became overheated and within some instances melted, raising concerns about the car's cord durability. At that time, GM reported it was confident that the cords were safe, stating the heating was because of wiring issues inside the outlets.

This week, General Motors reversed its course. It'll now replace those 120-volt chargers in every Volt sold thus far -- about 9,500 cars -- with a fresh unit that features a more heat-resistant plug and cord. Randal Fox, GM spokesman states the move that GM doesn…