Car gadgets that shaped motoring

The automotive industry has always been at the forefront of technology. Motorsport, consumer safety and motorists' inherent laziness has driven designers to invent gadgets and gizmos to fill voids in our motoring worlds we never even knew were there.

Some have made driving safer, some just plain easier, but which of them have made a real difference? Here, Autoblog takes a look at five inventions that have shaped motoring.