Every single new car is coming with big screens everywhere, am I missing something, online every single reviewer, commentor, reporter, etc all say they absolutely despise big screens and prefer buttons.
But then Ford for example said that their focus groups for the new Mustang overwhelmingly favored big screens(in the savagegeese mustang review)… is this just a thing where enthusiasts are just the vocal minority, or do most people really dislike big screens, and car manufacturers are just doing it to cut costs?
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I like big screens as long as they don’t bury all the options into the screen. I still want mostly physical buttons for everything, a big CarPlay screen for a map is a large plus tho!
Depends on the enthusiast. My take: I like well integrated screens. Laptops glued to your dashboard is lazy and ugly imo, its the biggest thing I dislike about my M240i. I think large infotainment screens that are integrated smoothly with your dashboard is good, sometimes great if its a good system. I’m a big fan of the new F150 infotainment, integrated into the dashboard, fast and responsive, and a super good screen. On the other hand I hate the new BMW infotainment setups. Just one big giant ugly ipad glued to the dashboard.
I don’t really have a problem with large infotainment screens, but the gauge cluster is what pisses me off. I have an X6MC with a fully digital cluster and I hate it. Car makers are installing LCD screens to give the illusion of luxury and charging a premium for it, when in reality it brings down their production cost immensely compared to physical gauges. There’s a reason you don’t see tacky LCD gauge clusters in Rolls Royce and Bentley vehicles. Porsche has the best gauges in the industry. My Macan S has a beautiful analogue rev counter in the middle to go along with another analogue speedometer on the left. Then, there is a circular screen on the right that has the ability to display maps, music or whatever else you want. Perfect balance of old school luxury and modern technology. Unfortunately, I suspect they will be going down the route of big screens judging off of the new Cayenne.
I don’t really have a problem with large infotainment screens, but the gauge cluster is what pisses me off. I have an X6MC with a fully digital cluster and I hate it. Car makers are installing LCD screens to give the illusion of luxury and charging a premium for it, when in reality it brings down their production cost immensely compared to physical gauges. There’s a reason you don’t see tacky LCD gauge clusters in Rolls Royce and Bentley vehicles. Porsche has the best gauges in the industry. My Macan S has a beautiful analogue rev counter in the middle to go along with another analogue speedometer on the left. Then, there is a circular screen on the right that has the ability to display maps, music or whatever else you want. Perfect balance of old school luxury and modern technology. Unfortunately, I suspect they will be going down the route of big screens judging off of the new Cayenne.