I think Steve was referring to anything pre 98? Like with his Corolla.
For me, I read the article basically talking about how these days you get all the luxury's for every days drivers such as TC, Heated seats, Power steering, Elec Windows etc. For example, back in the day, I'd imagine a snowy, ice cold day would be a nightmare to start with. You walk out your door and have to scrape the ice off your car, sit in the freezing cold waiting for the windows to demist, ice to melt etc. But now a days, you can literally press two buttons and with in a couple of minutes your sitting in a sauna
My old 1995 car has TC, electric windows, power steering and electric folding mirrors even