I've heard it was done to save money, no suprise. Still for the price the PT has a lot more Bling Bling than other cars in the same price range. Our other car is a Sebring so going back an forth from another car I do find myself reaching on the door for the window control. But I can live with it, to many other things I enjoy about the car. An besides its alwasy fun to watch when someone new gets in the car and trys to find out how to open the window.