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> customers are feature whores Yeah... or maybe because those features are now required by law: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/u-s-requiring-back-up-camer

• GVIrish 10y ago
  That's a law going into the effect over a year from now. Backup cameras have been popular long before the Feds decided to mandate it. The point is that plenty of people pay extra of their own volition to have stuff like backup cameras, blindspot warnings, automatic headlights, etc.
• alistairSH 10y ago
  AFAIK, only back-up cameras (in 2017) and airbags are required in the US. Traction control might be on the list to become required. ABS, brake-assist/auto-braking, blind-spot detection, lane-keeping, etc are all optional. And, FWIW, my latest car has most of these features not because I'm a feature whore, but because safety is good. And inexpensive (relative to a life-altering collision).