ignition keys (cars were first started with ignition keys in 1949)

1949 Chrysler: While the first key that turnedon a car's ignition arrived in the early 20thcentury, it required the push of a buttonto engage the starter. In 1949,Chryslerintroduces the modern key that starts the carwith a turn of the ignition tumbler,
1965 Ford:Ford brings out its double-sidedkey still used today in many modern cars.Unlike the single-sided keys preceding it, thisone has cuts on both sides, allowing it to beinserted into the tumbler in either orientation.
1986 Chevrolet Corvette: To make the Vetteharder to steal, Chevy adds a coded resistorto the key that is needed to start the car. ThisVehicle Anti-Theft System trickles down tonost GM cars by the '90s.
1987 Cadillac Allanté:The '83 AMC/Renault Alliance has the earliest exampleof factory-installed remote entry capableof locking and unlocking the doors that wecould find. But we couldn't actually find one ofthese fobs, so we settled for that of anotherearly adopter, the '87 Cadillac Allanté.Bythe early '90s, keyless-entry fobs are goingmainstream, forever changing the lives ofparking valets.
1990 Jaguar:Dubbed the Tibbe key,thisodd shaft with an oval-shaped tip makes itsfirst appearance in the 1989 Merkur Scorpiobefore being widely used by Jaguar in the1990s: it also makes its wav into manv Fordproducts. The Tibbe key reappears forthe 2010-13 Ford Transit Connect beforedisappearing for good.
1990 Lexus LS400: One of the first uses ofthe laser-cut key. This design provides anadditional layer of security, mainly because it'sdifficult to replicate.

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