Tuesday 14th August 2012

Time for Tea? All hail the digital dash!

Stills rather than a video today but perfect accompaniment to a brew all the same

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Remember when a digital dash was the very last word in futurism? From Audi Quattros to Astra GTEs, there was a time when analogue dials looked to be dying out completely. Some maintain the tradition, the Lamborghini Reventon we drove recently taking the theme and carrying it into the TFT age.

Lambo Reventon a classic digi dash exponent

So much for the new tech - back in the 80s digital reigned supreme and a tweet from @_Andrew_Jackson to our man Garlick alerted us to this celebration of all things ones'n'zeros collected by Dutch student Joost Kuckartz. It details the digital dash in all its many and varied (and often downright bizarre) forms. And there are some real gems; the frankly mad Lancia Orca concept by ItalDesign from 1992 being one of our favourites.

Mr Kuckartz mentions at the top of the page that he'd welcome suggestions for other digitally enhanced cars to feature in the list. Any he's missed? Could be an interesting way to while away a minute or two, and a cup of tea...

See Joost's handiwork here.

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Isn't there already a thread running the other day about this?

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LuS1fer said:

BonzoG said:

I think these are highly under-rated - there's a choice of about 7 different backlight colours to suit day/night driving (or just your mood?) and despite the obvious drawbacks of a digital speedo, it's one of the nicer ones to actually use.


Would be cooler if the binnacle/clamshell above it opened and closed like the flap over the radio.

Edited by BonzoG on Tuesday 14th August 21:16

What idiot thought putting instruments in the middle of the car was a good idea so you have to look a long way away from the field of your view. Only the driver needs to see most of that and it should be in front of the driver. Bloody fashion! I blame the Mini.

Means you can use the same pod for left and right hand drive I'd presume. And It's no different than a normal speedo to be honest. You just glance across rather than down