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Dan Mihalascu

Why Do Some Cars Have Flat-Bottom Steering Wheels?

If you've ever glanced down at your steering wheel and wondered why the bottom is flat, the top is slightly squashed, or the entire thing looks more like a rounded rectangle than a circle, you're not imagining it.

Modern steering wheels come in all sorts of shapes. Some are nearly perfect circles, while others have flat bottoms, flattened tops, thicker side grips, or even squared-off designs.

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