It’s remarkable how brand-new, clean-sheet, redesigned cars keep coming out without extendable sun visors. I know, it feels like such a small and dumb thing to be up in arms about. But that’s also ...

Back in 1924 a fellow named Hathaway invented the first sun visor, or "glare shield" in his words, which mounted to the outside of a Ford Model T. The visor as we know it moved inside in 1931 and has ...