Editing Steering wheel (section)

===Spokes in steering wheel===
[[File:DKW Monza von innen.jpg|thumb|right|Banjo steering wheel in 1956 [[DKW Monza]] ]]

The number of spokes in the steering wheel has continuously changed. Most early cars had four-spoke steering wheels.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Porázik|first1=Juraj |first2=Ján |last2=Oravec|title=Old time classic cars, 1885-1940 |year=1985 |publisher=Arco Publishing |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qWI0V6q6SwwC |page=16 |isbn=9780668063074 |access-date=27 November 2012}}</ref>

A Banjo steering wheel was an option in early automobiles.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Breitenstein |first1=Jeff |title=Ultimate Hot Rod Dictionary: A-Bombs to Zoomies |date=2004 |publisher=MotorBooks International |isbn=9781610592352 |page=19 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OtKWmLLiuTgC&dq=Banjo+steering+wheel&pg=PA19 |access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref> They predate power steering. The wire spokes were a buffer or absorber between the driver's hands and the vibration transmitted from the road surfaces. Most were three- or four-spokes made of four or five wires in each spoke, hence the name "Banjo".