Why do so few new cars have heated windscreens?
Why do so few cars have heated windscreens? Surely Ford's patent must have expired by now. It is a brilliant feature.
Asked on 2 November 2016 by David

It has. MINIs were the first outside Ford to get it. Then Jaguars. Some Renaults have them.
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buying a new car
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