The fruits of car designers’ efforts are often revealed at vehicle launches with all the ceremony of a fine-art unveiling.

Aside from a car's door handles, the steering wheel is one of our first points of contact – the proverbial handshake between ...

In the early 1900's, Birmigham's Oliver Lucas developed a steering wheel fitted with an electric car horn that quickly became an industry standard. For many years the horn remained the only button ...