Arguably, the Model A is the first modern car, moreso than the Model T, which has a lot of quirks that would be unrecognizable to today's drivers. For example, it didn't even had a throttle pedal, and choosing the gears is done through a bizantine system that includes a "reverse pedal". In a Model T you get this distinct impression of riding on top of the car instead of inside it, and it has many other things like this. By comparison, the Model A is remarkably similar to the cars of today, except much more primitive of course.