Have you ever wondered why there used to be two keys for each car sold in the world? Well have we come a long way since. If you owned a car the thing called “peace of mind” was an option. You would have to fiddle around and try several keys before you find the one that opens the trunk or the front glove compartment!

Why not make keys that dissolve after a year? Well I guess it was too early for me to complain then, the first cars had no keys, they cranked them from the front.

• Cadillac used to try and be unique and give you 2 gold plated keys, woo cool, still two!
• Then I guess came the germans proved their point with a one key car, Voila.
• The world was amazed and suddenly thought! Hey the Germans must be onto something? let’s all make one key cars.
• Suddenly car keys had little lights that could show you where to place the key, instead of scratch the paint around it.
• Then someone said “ will you look at that!, Why not put lights under the door handles? and the light key was history.
• Along came the key that could do many things. This Key could open the compartment inside the car, the other one could pop the trunk.
• Man made great strides forward when the multi function key came out later in the century, long after Henry Ford said Black was the only color available, but you can still have any other color( When we make them). This key could unlock the car, pop the trunk, lock the doors, show a little light to show you more just under the door mirrors, some could even honk your horn to scare off the little brats and cats.
• As man made cars became more competitive, someone decided to give you a key, but let you get in the car with keyless entry! wow! you get close to the car and it opens up as if it knows you, well it does. Inside these cars you push a button and your off.
• The keys were BIg now they are smaller, then they made them BIG again.
• Some are square with no key apparent, you press a button and out comes the key!
• Then came the thumb print entry.
• The world is suddenly introduced to eye recognition entry.
• Fast forward and the car automatically comes to you when you think car, in your after sales brain implanted key.

Do you think soon we will get cars with DNA recognition starting capabilities?Why was the key invented? Don’t they leave their cars open in movies? Ok so people do actually steal our cars, so we lock them. Did you see the amount of technology that goes into keys today, remember that scene in gone in 60 seconds, the one about the mercedes keys, far out!.

So keys do evolve, like many other things in life. As we demand more, the smart makers make the move. In some cases they exceed our expectations, those are the leaders of today in any given industry.

Remember how it was an option to have cup holders in cars?

Mamdooh Al-Radadi

me@mamdoohalradadi.com