Charles Kettering's electric starter- it prevented your forearm arm from getting broken using a hand-cranked starter

The vehicle transmission. Not the automatic transmission, but the transmission, brought to you 100 years ago by Henry Ford

Let me know when they start using phasers

I still have that and my kids play with it now (and the spaceship/operating table). They also play with my old Maskatron. FWIW I met the engineer who designed the bionic eye, and when I asked him why it made things look farther away, he said that he designed a zoom lens for the toy but Kenner wouldn't go for it…

1985 Buick Wildcat Concept

You had me at the pair of hard plastic buckets welded into the bed. NP

Lombard Street?

Sorry, but IMHO to really see the difference between the previous and redesigned Xb's you have to see the cars side-by-side, which doesn't really hold true for the other cars on this list.

1958 Chevy Bel Air

as much as I'd hate to say it, the latest Pontiac GTO. While a noble perfomer, it was visual Ambien

Pontiac LeMans from the 1990s- Korean econobox

Latest generation Taurus SHO. Auto only, and waaaay too bloated

Sorry, all I can think of is that ubiquitous Pinto gear selector. CP

Just so you know, next to the Black Air article on this page is a Virgin America ad featuring Seal seated on an airplane.

These can bring well in excess of $50K restored. You've got a nice, rust-free numbers-matching canvas, so if that's your inclination, then NP!

I agree, I had an 82 Z28 in high school. It felt a lot faster than it was, and according to C&D was the best handling car in the US at the time.

Molly Ringwald disagrees with No. 1