Cars We Drive!

[Rumpelstiltskin]

I would not turn this on other than at the track given how people are getting arrested for their youtube videos.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/05/autos/corvette-stingray-dash-cam/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

At least it saves the data to a sd card as opposed to an internal hard drive

 

[A Y]

The Ultimate Self-Drifting Machine:

 

[jet]

was only a matter of time

 

[Superfluous]

2 series looks interesting. Although the millions of variants bmw has designed is a bit excessive, their realignment of series numbers should make it less confusing. Even numbers are coupes (this also explains the number change from Z3 to Z4 in addition to the 3/4 series name change), odd numbers are 4 door variants (except perhaps 1 series, which will likely be hatchback only?). Is the 1 series going to become hatchback only with the new 2 series? I don't see how both remain coupes.

Going forward, it looks like:

1 series - small - hatchback - 3 door
2 series - small - coupe/convertible - 4 seater
3 series - small - sedan - 4 door (with a GT variant)
4 series - medium - coupe/convertible - 4 seater (possibly with a grancoupe variant?)
5 series - medium - sedan - 4 door (with a GT variant)
6 series - large - coupe/convertible - 4 seater (2 of which are double-leg amputees) (with a grancoupe variant)
7 series - large - sedan - 4 door
8 series - extra-large - coupe - 4 seater (still in concept)


SUVs/Crossovers

X1 - station wagon
X2 - station wagon crossover (in concept)
X3 - small SUV
X4 - small crossover
X5 - medium SUV
X6 - medium crossover
X7 - large SUV (rumor/concept)


Then also Z4 and i series.

 

[Find Finn]

2 series Is 1 series coupe.

Audi tt mk3 dash, discuss.

 

[Find Finn]

New TT dash from CES
http://fourtitude.com/news/Audi_News_1/audi-presents-new-tt-interior-ces-2014/

 

[whiteslashasian]

I hope that dash is highly configurable.

Needs a bigger tachometer.

New Lexus RC-F pics are out. 480 HP V8. I much prefer the styling on this vs the new IS, especially the rear tailights (the IS tailights are hideous).

 

[Cleav]

Big nod to sister GT 86?

 

[mbaum]

Big nod to sister GT 86?

Yep - same thought here. Overall, Lexus still wins the price for most boring car designs ever in my book.

On TT interior:

• Likes - Seats, manual transmission, clean/ low on button clusters, steering wheel
• Dislikes - Angular-ish shape of dashboard, gimmicky turbine vents with integrated heater controls/ display, that display screen. Understand the sign of the times to go all digital and configurable, I very much prefer analogue instruments with needles flying around the dial.

Mike

 

[bawlin]

Holy **** does Lexus' design language suck major cock.

 

[Find Finn]

Couple other TT dash examples.

 

[whiteslashasian]

Interesting. I'd the the ability to tie certain dash display configurations based on what you're doing. If Nav destination is entered then select the first pic shown with the huge google map. If just putzing around town then have the speed gauges smaller, if on the highway, have the speed larger and tach smaller. If on a track then have the speedo and tach larger with info like oil temp etc more prevalent.

 

[bawlin]

Audi - spending their engineering budget on a ******* dashboard, completely ignoring the rest of the car

BMW - engineering cars that don't actually suck to drive

 

[Find Finn]

The new Lambo huracan or what's it's called has a similar dash.

 

[sonick]

The temperature adjust/display in the vent knob is slick.