@all: for what its worth, i'm gonna be on Saama TV tomorrow morning at 0930hrs on "bits and bytes". i would be talking about how technology has changed our cars. though i wanted to give some comparisons, the requirement was to speak on absolute layman terms and basically to 'convince' that technology has done much good to our cars.....emission, safety and comfort wise.
have a look if you're awake 
its gonna be repeated later in the day but i don't know what time.