The safety features like forward emergency braking are relatively new and were forced to market quickly because of regulation. Between 1946 and 2016 the interface for a car was mostly the same, save for Citroen being weird until they were bought by Peugeot, and GM for that brief period in the late '80s where everything had to be a steering wheel "pod." The two biggest changes really were changing the headlight switch from a floor mounted pedal to a button or stalk knob starting in the '50s, and going from keyed ignition to push button start in the 2010s. Otherwise turn signals were on the left stalk and wipers were on the right, gas is on the right, brake center, clutch left, manual was 1,3,2,4,5,R (add or subtract gears as needed) and automatic was P, R, N, D, L, radio controls were left dial was power and volume while right dial was tuning, and the three dials below that controlled interior heat, A/C, and defrost. If you drove a car in 1973 and went into a coma you could wake up and drive a brand new car in 2003 no problems. If you went into a coma in 2003 you wouldn't be able to do the same with a 2023 car.