Meanings
nounyestertech (uncountable)
- informaluncountableRetro-style automotive technology; modern cars, motorbikes, etc. designed to appear old-fashioned.
Honda's tribute to yestertech is the GB500, a British-style nostalgia trip, right down to clubman handlebars, and air-cooled 500-cc Single.
1989 June, Popular Mechanics, volume 166, number 6, page 601 more example
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[…]
2000, Stephen Brown, Anthony Patterson, Imagining marketing: art, aesthetics, and the avant-garde, page 141
Origin
Short for yesterday's technology.
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