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I don't think NHTSA ever approved a yoke steering setup for a production car in the US; but a late-80's Pontiac Bonneville or Mitsubishi Galant would have steering wheels chock full of control buttons, and a dash covered in LEDs like the cockpit of a Gundam.


It may be likely that the wheel in the parent story wasn't factory equipment.

But, the NHTSA doesn't approve designs before they hit the market. For example:

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-yoke-steering-wheel-nhtsa-st...


Very possible I am misremembering but it could have been a used car modified by the previous owner or a conversion by the dealer; one of the dealers we occasionally visited customized everything they sold, mostly did conversion vans and hotrods but had all kinds of fun stuff.




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