Quirky dashboards

[DoubleD]

Pericoloso said:

DoubleD said:

Nobody would buy a modern car with an interior like those (ok, apart from 1 or 2 on here who claim they would).

Rubbish !
Some people aren't boring and follow the herd and like quirky.

Yep, like I said, 1 or 2 will claim they would, but in reality they most likely wouldn't.

[LordGrover]

Perhaps not like those in particular, but quirky and different yes.

[miniman]

Edited by miniman on Wednesday 27th November 18:59

[droopsnoot]

Funny how the little details can make all the difference. This shot of a Lagonda dash doesn't look anywhere near as nice as the one in the first post. Though the bathroom mat isn't helping, either.

[Crafty_]

1961 Thunderbird was the first with the swing steering wheel. When parked, the steering wheel moved sideways to allow easy egress. Also, pretty cool how the trim ran round on to the doors.




Various different designs, Chrysler used push button transmissions in several cars over the years. Also square steering wheels!



Anecdote from: https://www.allpar.com/mopar/transmissions/pushbut...

website said:

In 1960, the Imperial pushbutton pattern was changed; from D-N-R-2-1 (top to bottom) to R-N-D-2-1; Reverse and Drive swapped positions. On the announcement day, a new 1960 Imperial was parked in Chrysler VP Claire Briggs’ spot in the Jefferson Plant Executive Garage, facing the open garage door. Claire got into the car, pushed the top button, stepped on the gas, and ran into the wall behind the car. There were no witnesses, but we all knew what had happened — and saw the damage to the wall — but Claire never mentioned it.

oops! the push buttons only survived until 1965, when the line up switched to columns

[ChevronB19]

LordGrover said:

Some interesting, quirky and downright odd dashboards in Classic & Sports Car here:



A shame manufacturers are (probably?) forced to make them all pretty much the same these days.
Elf and Safety I suspect.

Ooh, I had one of these (bottom one). Innocenti 120L with a cooper S engine. Converted to RHD as well! Went like a rocket, looked like the offspring of an unfortunate night time liaison between a Renault 5 and a Yugo. Also qualified me for membership of the de Tomaso owners club, which upset a few people! Absolutely loved it.

[rodericb]

DoubleD said:

Pericoloso said:

DoubleD said:

Nobody would buy a modern car with an interior like those (ok, apart from 1 or 2 on here who claim they would).

Rubbish !
Some people aren't boring and follow the herd and like quirky.

Yep, like I said, 1 or 2 will claim they would, but in reality they most likely wouldn't.

Tastes and technology have long since moved on. The quirky dashboards are in the Tesla Model 3, The McLaren with that flip over section, the little Honda E in one of the previous replies to this thread....

[Randy Winkman]

droopsnoot said:

Funny how the little details can make all the difference. This shot of a Lagonda dash doesn't look anywhere near as nice as the one in the first post. Though the bathroom mat isn't helping, either.

I think the interior went through a series of changes - partly because high-tech stuff didnt necessarily work properly. Look at this version:

[Jazoli]

LordGrover said:

A shame manufacturers are (probably?) forced to make them all pretty much the same these days.
Elf and Safety I suspect.

I'd disagree with that, not all modern dashes are the same, 2 examples that are very different and available in a small car, lots of other different ones too.

[anonymous-user]

ok, nowhere as near as mad as some of the 1970's and 19080's offering on this thread, but for a modern car, the i3 has a dash that genuinely feels different to the more typical offering in the vast majority of modern cars:

[RazerSauber]

Got to be this!

[miniman]

RazerSauber said:

Got to be this!

What the actual fk is that?!

[LordGrover]

Jazoli said:

LordGrover said:

A shame manufacturers are (probably?) forced to make them all pretty much the same these days.
Elf and Safety I suspect.

I'd disagree with that, not all modern dashes are the same, 2 examples that are very different and available in a small car, lots of other different ones too.

Fair comment - especially some of the French offerings. I really like some of them, but I was thinking about my recent cars - mostly dull Teutonic functional designs.

[anonymous-user]

RazerSauber said:

Got to be this!

Amazing!

[V6Alfisti]

Alfa 90 - Digital dash and integrated brief case on the passenger side in an otherwise plain shell.





Fiat Multipla is pretty wacky

[anonymous-user]

miniman said:

RazerSauber said:

Got to be this!

What the actual fk is that?!

Maserati Boomerang (I could see part of the Maserati name in the photo)

Edit: Ahhhh. Concept car:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maserati_Boomerang

[jet_noise]

I had a Visa GT. Quirkiest for me.
Non-self cancelling indicators.
Everything a finger's length away.

Why weren't more cars that ergonomically sound?

[Cambs_Stuart]

I've got nothing to add, I just want to say this is my favourite PH thread for a long time.
Some of these are amazing.

[Dads Taxi]

Late 80's Japanese madness (inside and out).

[droopsnoot]

jet_noise said:

I had a Visa GT. Quirkiest for me.
Non-self cancelling indicators.
Everything a finger's length away.

My mate's first BX company car was like that. The later one went back to "normal" indicators on a stalk.

Switches on my old Audi coupe were much easier to get to than on my more modern Audi. If someone lets me through a gap at night, it used to be easy to flash the front fog lights so as to not dazzle them, as the switch was just near my right hand. On the modern, it's down by my knee and has to be pulled out to switch fogs on. I guess fog lights aren't conventionally switched on and off all that much, so it probably doesn't matter.