NYT: Automakers adept at hiding antennas

We haven't really given a whole lot of thought to where all the antennas are hidden in modern cars; we're just glad they're not sticking up on the hood like they used to. But the New York Times has queried the industry, and has a good overview of where the wires are stashed. It turns out there are people in the auto industry who spend their whole careers finding places to hide antennas that are needed for everything from keyless entry systems to cruise-control systems. Good spots include the insides of doors, side mirrors and windows. The paranoid side of us cringes at the thought of hidden antennas sending out
cryptic messages from some obscure location in our car; the practical side doesn't care — we want our
Bluetooth stereo,
drive-by WiFi and
satellite radio — as long as we don't have to see the wires that deliver it.