Yahoo Autos These Cars Have The Coolest Gauge Clusters
Gauge clusters: you look at them every time you’re behind the wheel, but you’re usually focused on mundanities like speed or fuel economy. Yawn. Today, we’re here to talk about gauge clusters from a different perspective: The perspective of art.
Earlier this week, I asked you all what car had the best factory gauge cluster. You turned in a wealth of responses, so today we’re looking through some of the best. Let’s dive in.
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My vote is the Lexus IS300. Love the design and its elegance
The IS300 cluster was meant to look like a fancy watch, and my brief time considering buying one of these cars (before eventually picking up my FR-S) is the closest I’ll ever get to owning a Rolex.
Chrysler AstraDome
Chrysler’s astrodome.
Runner-up would be the ‘58 Edsel.
I, for one, am a sucker for anything with the word “electroluminescent” in it. Remember when EL wire was big? I was all over that.
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Subaru XT
Hard to argue with the Subaru XT’s entire cockpit setup. It’s just amazingly bizarre and futuristic.
At the same time, I’ve always had a soft spot for the simplicity of the cluster on the Chevy Sonic. It’s like someone took a bike’s gauges, and put them in a car...
The Subaru XT pioneered a Pole Position-like dashboard that wouldn’t be perfected until — of all things — the Kia EV6. Not kidding.
Lancia Delta Integrale HF
’m sure it will show up elsewhere here, but I love the Lancia Delta Integrale HF dash. It’s overwrought, but I love it.
In terms of simplicity, though, I love the old 70s BMW 2002tii dash. It’s clean and neat and super useful. I would prefer to have the tach front-and-centre, but that honestly seems pretty easy to do since the gauge pods are the same size.
More is more, you see. More gauges? More better.
Lexus F-Sport
It’s definitely a little dated now, but I’ve had several F-Sports and always like the moving bezel thingie.
More cars should have gauge clusters that move physical elements around like a Dave and Busters attraction. As a sidenote, I hadn’t really thought about how long ago 2014 was until I started scrolling through decade-old car videos for this slide. They are rough, and I am old.
Saab 9-3
I’m gonna say the saab 9=3 because it had fighter jet mode
I can’t vouch for the quality of the Rick Astley remix this driver is listening to, but damn if all those green lights don’t make me feel like Maverick.
Eunos Cosmo
I just loved the futuristic simplicity of the Eunos Cosmo interior. Great match for its crazy tri-rotor engine and elegant styling.
Take five minutes out of your day, right now, and watch this full video describing the features of the Eunos Cosmo. Yes, the video is in Japanese. No, I’m not expecting that you understand it. Just listen to the music and relax a little. You deserve it.
Honda Prelude
The 4th-gen Prelude one-upped that by not breaking the display “stripe” with A/C vents.
