I understand manufacturers not putting the actual cig lighter in there - all our new Ford vans don't have em, but they at least still have the 12v socket in them! The last Connects we had, had a 12v power only socket on one side of the console, and a cig lighter on the other side. Now the newer ones have the 12v power only where the cig lighter was, and where ther 12v power only was is a blanking plate. I ripped the blanking plater out in order to put in the cig lighter I nicked from on of the older vans and the coonts didn't even fit a wiring harness to that side Cooooonts!