... the more they stay the same. This is the oil filter on the upcoming Chevrolet Cruze, which the company is saying will be easier to recycle and service. Instead of a conventional spin-on filter, which is folded paper inside a metal canister, the Cruze block contains an integrated housing into which a paper filter is dropped.
Which is the way you change the filter on my 1950 International farm tractor, and how it was done on my husband's 1957 Cadillac when it still had its original engine. It's the way pretty much every engine used to be, back in the day ... time marches on!