Anyone else disappointed with progression of Car Interiors?

adolf hamster · 18 Oct 2016 at 19:53

Malevolence said:
Ooooh, they're all so flashy and shiny.

this is a thread about car interiors, that doesnt have one

Ryan-3 · 18 Oct 2016 at 19:55

The brown colour hurts my eyes acemastr.

Scania · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:01

Interiors are improving slowly across the board compared to not many years back imo, some more so than others (the new 5 springs to mind compared to say current Mercs which I find bland inside and out)

Trucks are coming on leaps & bounds, this is the recently launched Scania HGV interior, rather Audi like I think (given Scania is part of VAG, not surprising!)

Akagi · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:06

It looks like someone made a dash out of a sheet of ply sprayed black, and then inset lots of premium looking switches, buttons and screens. Much like most lorry interiors.

Functional, modern and tactile, but not 'pretty' or sleek, elegant, etc

Clipsey · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:12

Rilot said:
Range Rover Sport? 7 seats, touchscreen, lack of buttons.

My bro-in-law recommends staying clear of them (he's lead mechanic at one of their dealerships in England). They are very tasty, but being that I'm from Essex I could never bring myself to buying one!

adolf hamster said:
i feel for the op if he ever has to drive a ford ka.

tbh the lower end cars interiors are getting worse, seats are massively uncomfortable and the quality just isnt there.

Ha, don't worry I've had my fair share of cassette driven interior decks!

Akagi · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:18

My car still has a cassette deck. To make things worse, it doesn't work. There's a tape jammed inside.

acemastr · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:40

Ryan-3 said:
The brown colour hurts my eyes acemastr.

It's hickory and it's gorgeous... quiet you!

shifty_uk · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:45

I hate car interiors these days, it's the worst part when it comes to deciding on a car.

Looking at the premium brands, they've all become cheap and nasty, styled after a hyundai or mondeo with a pathetic touch screen. Like the designers choose 14 year olds as their sole target demographic.

Participant · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:45

All you anti-touch screen luddites are stuck in the past.

Tesla Model X:

Massive iPad yadayadayada. Last I heard iPads were quite good and quite popular.

It's the future, deal with it.

[TW]Fox · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:54

If it's the future why have Mercedes removed i-pad dash from the new E Class and S Class?

adolf hamster · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:57

Participant said:
All you anti-touch screen luddites are stuck in the past.

Massive iPad yadayadayada. Last I heard iPads were quite good and quite popular.

It's the future, deal with it.

touchscreens have their place, and for any setting you wont/shouldn't be changing while driving then i'm all for it being hidden nicely behind a touchscreen menu.

however anything you will be using while driving needs a button

Participant · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:59

[TW]Fox;30119230 said:
If it's the future why have Mercedes removed i-pad dash from the new E Class and S Class?

Because Tesla are the future, not Mercedes.

adolf hamster said:
touchscreens have their place, and for any setting you wont/shouldn't be changing while driving then i'm all for it being hidden nicely behind a touchscreen menu.

however anything you will be using while driving needs a button

Touching anything won't be necessary, you can do it with voice commands. The 'X' is even ready to drive itself once it becomes legal! Loads of directors at work are putting deposits down on them; they're incredible. Free recharge at Tesla charge points too.

adolf hamster · 18 Oct 2016 at 21:01

Participant said:
Touching anything won't be necessary, you can do it with voice commands.

That is the future yes, but i'll hold off on confidence until voice control can tell the difference between "zeromancer" and "the romances", which is what i get any time i fancy some norwegian industrial rock

dont get me started on gojira, sonata arctica, rammstein, sepultura etc

Participant · 18 Oct 2016 at 21:02

Housey · 18 Oct 2016 at 21:06

The touch screen in my Polo is terrible. It is so stiffly sprung the slightest bump means I miss the elements I am trying to touch and it's so small I have to take focus off the road to use it. Utter garbage and frankly anyone with any experience of them knows they are crap. Buttons and I drive type devices work brilliantly, touch screens don't and voice commands are still far from perfect. Tesla....don't get me started on those heaps of tax efficient over promise under deliver crap.

Housey · 18 Oct 2016 at 21:11

Not convinced by Audi's latest concept either.

No, no no no.

Pudney · 18 Oct 2016 at 21:15

Acme said:
Fords interiors have massively improved across the range.

I really like the Ford interior, including the touchscreen (there's very little I found needed touching after you started driving and the things you do want to change there are manual controls).

Currently I have a 16 plate 1 series (temporary while waiting for my actual car) and although it is only a 1 series I still find the screen disappointing and the instrument cluster in particular poor.

Edit: although before the 1 series I had the old style Mondeo and that was horrific inside.

Participant · 18 Oct 2016 at 21:17

Housey said:
The touch screen in my Polo is terrible. It is so stiffly sprung the slightest bump means I miss the elements I am trying to touch and it's so small I have to take focus off the road to use it. Utter garbage and frankly anyone with any experience of them knows they are crap. Buttons and I drive type devices work brilliantly, touch screens don't and voice commands are still far from perfect. Tesla....don't get me started on those heaps of tax efficient over promise under deliver crap.

Maybe it's a generation thing.

Housey · 18 Oct 2016 at 21:18

I actually think the worst aspect of Fords (and I've always been a closet Ford fanboy) is their interiors of angles and death by buttons, cheap plastics and seemingly stuff stuck everywhere.

dacads · 18 Oct 2016 at 21:19

Yes I don't like the tacky looking vents, stuck on tablets and other plastic parts.

Like taskmaster I like 90s jap interiors I.e rx7, supra, 300zx etc pleasing to the eye but also functional and you're immersed as if in a cockpit.

You wouldn't expect Peugeot to pull this out the bag, so simplistic
http://cdn2.autoexpress.co.uk/sites...lery_adv/public/8/30/static_308_gti_033_0.jpg

I think the thing with Audi TT for example I like it's simple but still don't like the layout and buttons
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