yestertech

yestertech

English

Etymology

Short for yesterday's technology.

Noun

yestertech (uncountable)

1. (informal) Retro-style automotive technology; modern cars, motorbikes, etc. designed to appear old-fashioned.
   • 1989, Popular Mechanics (volume 166, number 6, June 1989, page 60)

     Honda's tribute to yestertech is the GB500, a British-style nostalgia trip, right down to clubman handlebars, and air-cooled 500-cc Single.

   • 2000, Stephen Brown, Anthony Patterson, Imagining marketing: art, aesthetics, and the avant-garde (page 141)

     Most major manufacturers have announced variations on the 'yestertech' theme. Examples include the Chrysler PT Cruiser, a pastiche of the upright sedans of the 1940s […]