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Adjustable mirrors on the UK CAR web site are basically exterior mirrors which may be adjusted from the interior of the car for the drivers comfort.
When early exterior mirrors were fitted to cars they were fitted to the front wings adjustment was made by trial and error, (Involving getting out of the car) How things have changed in the car world.
Later cars had mirrors fitted to the doors unfortunately on some makes they corroded around the fitting and eventually fell off.
Modern cars have mirrors now fitted to the door frame rather than the door skin, making them less likely to fall off.
The adjustment is normally achieved by means of four cables attached to the mirror back with a connection to a small lever on the vehicle interior allowing both in and out with up and down movement.
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Some makers used both manually adjustable mirrors and electrically adjustable mirrors.
The Mercedes Benz 190 comes to mind for this.
This car had a manual adjuster for the drivers door and Electric for the passenger door. Other lesser makes did it the other way around, electric drivers door, Manual passenger door. Whether this was an enlightened move by Merc to give easy adjustment to the hard to reach one, or a cost cutting, penny pinchingly tight one to save a few German DM, your guess is as good as mine.
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