I had a friend of mine, who is a high-performance car mechanic, tell me that
new cars no longer use distributors, caps, rotor buttons, etc. He said that
all new cars use a coil-per-cylinder configuration coupled with a series of
engine speed/timing, air/fuel ratio, and throttle angle sensors to operate
now. Is this a fact? I drive a 1990 Civic, and my wife has a 1986 Acura
Legend, and I don't feel like walking up to some stranger with a new car and
say, "Hey, mind if I take a quick look under the hood of your new car?" If
this is true, I'd like to know how this new type of ignition works. Feel
free to post any informative URLs, if any are available.

Thanx!

Jonathan