[dotancohen]

  > It's not like small women didn't drive 60s barges just fine without power steering.

Those vehicles had almost no castor (you mention that) but also had huge steering wheels. The advent of power steering led to the evolution of other components actually requiring it.

[failedengineer]

That's probably what made it hard to drive the Aspire. It had like a 13 inch steering wheel. I didn't measure it, but it was pretty small.