When we were still drilling holes in new car bodies
There was a time when you could still buy cars without a car radio.
You drove your new car directly to a specialist store (the internet didn't exist yet), bought a car radio with an antenna and installed it at home.
Nothing could be easier, people thought at the time. A hole was drilled into the shiny new sheet metal with a drill and those who were conscientious thought about rust prevention.
The aerial was fitted and a cable was laid across the car to the radio. And now you had radio music in the car!
Before driving through a car wash, the aerial was retracted manually.
Today, most aerials are integrated somewhere in the windshield frame, and car radios have long been standard. But there are still a few ways to buy a car without a radio. Until 2001, Lotus offered the Elise with radio preparation but without a radio. Niche vehicles such as the Super 7 from Caterham, the Ariel Atom and the like do not need a radio or have no space for one. However, the majority of today's cars are driving smartphones with Internet, Spotify and DAB. This means that "doing it yourself" is no longer required and often no longer possible.
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