Originally Posted by linux_author
- not a troll, but simply a pointer to a news story that unwittingly highlights how unaware auto makers and the general public are about some issues:
mini-van as family living room.
- i mean, i'm not totally anti-car (although i finally got our household to telecommute full-time), but this story is just over the top!
"I applaud them for innovation. If you don't innovate, you'll fall behind," said Tom Libby, J.D. Power and Associates' senior director of industry analysis. Innovation**********? Swivel seats are an innovation? This guy must be a kid or lost his memory. Check out the 1964 Ford Aurora.
Seating that rotated 180 degrees, televisions and provisions for GPS mapping if it ever came to be.
And even then that was hardly innovative back then. Kustom cars had swivel seats and even the lowly VW transporter had them available as a factory option.
In the 70's Vans were rolling bedrooms. I guess they have moved up town.
