Car feature I’ve never seen, does it exist?

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integrale_evo
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Car feature I’ve never seen, does it exist?

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I’m sure it must do, but I’ve never seen or even heard of a car having it.

And electrically adjustable interior rear view mirror.

I briefly pondered this after getting into the car which had previously been driven by mrs H. I squeezed myself in, pressed a button and the seat, wing mirrors and steering wheel all whirred and moved into positions more suitable for someone 6ft tall.
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Did the W140 have it? Might be misremembering :?
I'll have to check The Phaeton as well, it seems like the sort of thing Piech would have gone for.
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You’d think it’d be pretty easy to do, memory electric wing mirrors have been around for a long long time, surely just needs a smaller version of that? Mirrors already have electronics and auto dimming etc
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The R129 SL Mercedes definitely had electrically adjustable but I can’t remember seeing if it did it off the memory button.

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The R129 is the car which came to mind - I think it was stored with the seat memory because logically that’s why you’d do it in the first place.
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