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11.06.24: AFTER 120 years, Rolls-Royce has abandoned the steering wheel, the last car manufacturer to do so.

The company has so far refused to consider introducing joysticks, voice-operated controls, even drive-by-wire, saying its exclusive customer base expects a Rolls-Royce to be traditional, not experimental. But a spokesman for BMW, which acquired the company in 2003, says its British subsidiary 'must now admit that the steering wheel and Spirit of Ecstasy mascot a