Audi's
Virtual Cockpit gauge cluster gets new Traffic Jam Assist - specific screens and alerts.
Audi's
Virtual Cockpit gauge cluster is now optional while the 2.0 - liter engine is made standard on front - wheel - drive (FWD) cars, which also receive a new 7 - speed automatic transmission.
Various new technologies are available in the Q5, including
the Virtual Cockpit gauge cluster, the Audi MMI media system, and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration systems.
There's Audi's fancy 12.1 - inch
Virtual Cockpit gauge cluster, the optional 10.1 - inch touchscreen, and the secondary 8.6 - touchscreen for climate controls and other features that offers haptic feedback and takes text inputs.
Navigation with Google Maps imagery, 4G LTE Wi - Fi connectivity, Audi's 12.3 - inch configurable
Virtual Cockpit gauges and a crisp - sounding 19 - speaker Bang & Olufsen audio system all work as advertised.
Not exact matches
Much of the price difference between the S3 and its corporate cousin comes from the advanced Audi
virtual cockpit system, which replaces the analog
gauge displays of the previous S3 (and current Golf R) with a 12.3 - inch high - resolution display that reconfigures itself in response to the mode of the drive select system (Comfort, Sport, Sport +).
Of course, Audi's new optional «
virtual cockpit» stuns with extremely hi - def visuals in the center
gauge cluster, packing configurable layouts that allow the driver to explore the map, infotainment, and vehicle info without taking their eyes too far off the road.
Once you're in those stylish, stitched up leather seats (Nappa will set you back $ 1,500), you'll be staring at an RS - specific version of Audi's 12.3 - inch
virtual cockpit (a heads up display is optional), featuring those special performance
gauges and other features including a lap timer.
Inside, Audi's
Virtual Cockpit with its 12.3 - inch TFT display replaces the old analog
gauges.
The optional
virtual cockpit replaces the standard
gauge cluster with an all - encompassing media and information screen.
The
virtual cockpit instrument panel first seen on the new TT ditches physical
gauges for a huge digital display, and it's easily one of the interior highlights.
The A3 also shares many standout tech features with the rest of the Audi lineup, including the «
Virtual Cockpit» digital
gauge cluster and a version of Audi's MMI infotainment system.
Audi's MMI infotainment system with touchpad and
Virtual Cockpit display are both available, the latter replacing the
gauge cluster with a configurable 12.3 - inch digital display.
Another optional feature is a video - game - like
virtual cockpit that can replace the usual instrument panel
gauges.
Higher - level Q2s will be offered with a
virtual cockpit, an LCD replacing the traditional instrument panel
gauges.
Customers will definitely be delighted by the fully digital instrument cluster, also known as the Audi
Virtual Cockpit, which will arrive as a replacement for the standard analogue
gauges and tiny driver's information screen we see on the current model.
However, Audi manages to replicate a bit of the
Virtual Cockpit interface in the A6 by showing the navigation maps on the small instrument cluster LCD, which sits between the analog
gauges.
Audi's slick
Virtual Cockpit is offered with a 12.3 - inch screen in place of standard
gauges, using quad - core processing and Google Maps.
This S model has at least one unique tech trick: a new Sport view for the
Virtual Cockpit instrument cluster that enlarges the tachometer, placing the digital
gauge at the center of the display.
Infotainment System Immediately noticeable and practically unforgettable, Audi's
Virtual Cockpit instrumentation display is one of the best and most beautiful digital
gauge clusters I've ever seen.
First up, the
Virtual Cockpit replaces the instrument cluster with a high - resolution 12.3 - inch LCD showing maps and other infotainment screens overlaid with virtual
Virtual Cockpit replaces the instrument cluster with a high - resolution 12.3 - inch LCD showing maps and other infotainment screens overlaid with
virtual virtual gauges.
- A «
virtual cockpit» display showed the dashboard of the coming TT, with an instantly reconfigurable
gauge cluster that displays maps in the varying space between the speedo and tach.
Available on the Premium Plus model and standard on the Prestige, the 12.3 - inch Audi
Virtual Cockpit is the future of driver information systems, with the ability to toggle
gauge size, information parameters, and inclusion of a full - width navigation screen that puts the whole map right in front of your eyes.
The stylish interior is highlighted by a «
virtual cockpit»
gauge cluster; it packs speedometer, tachometer, infotainment, navigation, vital stats, etc. into one 12.3 - inch configurable screen.
The Regal GS features a new 8 - inch digital, fully customizable
gauge cluster similar to Audi's
virtual cockpit, as well as a head - up display with trip, navigation, and speed information displayed in the driver's line of sight.
The
virtual cockpit — that is, a 12.3 - inch LCD behind the steering wheel — can be all
gauges, a combination of
gauges and maps, or a full - screen map that's easy to glance down at.
Taking a page from the glass
cockpits of modern airliners, Audi's new digital
gauge cluster, or «
virtual cockpit», allows the driver to not only configure the information displayed to suit their own preferences, but also offers a massive, Google Earth view of the car's current location.
It's dangerously easy to bloat the bottom line, as there's lots of tempting tech to splurge on, including $ 2,600 for MMI navigation, connect Prime and Plus telematics and Audi's dazzling
Virtual Cockpit, which bins analog
gauges in favor of a 12.3 - inch reconfigurable screen and a larger 8.3 - inch center - stack display.
The front seating retains its high levels of spaciousness, and supreme cabin quality — though a central infotainment is notably absent in the inclusion of Audi's
virtual cockpit that handles all navigation, infotainment, and drive information in the driver's
gauge cluster.
Meanwhile, the instrument cluster, which features a large digital display and two physical
gauges, isn't as configurable or as cool - looking as the
Virtual Cockpit used on the new A4 and Q7.
The
gauge cluster facing the driver is filled by the company's unique «
Virtual Cockpit,» a high - resolution 12.3 - inch screen that dynamically resizes the speedometer and tachometer to render infotainment functions in between.
On the technology side, the A4 gets the company's new
Virtual Cockpit with a 12.3 - inch
gauge screen, which uses Google Earth to provide the maps, terrain and upcoming traffic and navigation info.
You can also keep tabs on various functions through the available 12.3 - inch TFT
gauge cluster (which functions a lot like Audi's lauded
Virtual Cockpit), and a well - done head - up display assists in keeping eyes on the road, too.
Audi's
Virtual Cockpit digital
gauge cluster is the bee's knees and really drives home the company's high - tech ethos.
The instrument
gauge panel is a Bentley version of Audi's
virtual cockpit.
Here we get a closer look with the new Q7, a vehicle that can be kitted out with lots of techy goodness, in particular the vibrant animated
Virtual Cockpit screen that replaces the traditional instrument
gauges.
First seen in the 2016 Audi TT, the
Virtual Cockpit replaces the
gauge cluster with a large 12.3 - inch reconfigurable display.
There's plenty of technology for well - heeled geeks to fawn over, as well, including laser headlights (for European markets only) and
Virtual Cockpit, which puts everything —
gauges, infotainment system functionality, the whole hat — into the driver's
gauge cluster.
The
Virtual Cockpit eliminates the need for both analog
gauges and a central display screen by blending the functions of both into one digital display placed in front of the driver.
Audi locates all other controls on the TTS»
Virtual Cockpit, a 12.3 - inch screen in place of a
gauge cluster.
The «
virtual cockpit» features Google Earth images, 4G LTE, and a unique sport display mode that brings the tachometer and speedometer to the front and center of the display and adds a boost
gauge and lap timer.
The juiciest driver assistance hardware, like traffic sign recognition, adaptive cruise control, a 360 - degree camera view, and lane keeping assistance, is optional for the RS5, as is navigation with Audi's
Virtual Cockpit, which places an elaborate map and
gauge presentation front and center in the instrument panel, if you so desire.
The
Virtual Cockpit showed those on virtual gauges overlaid on the map and menu screens, all displayed on a big, bright LCD that never succumbed to
Virtual Cockpit showed those on
virtual gauges overlaid on the map and menu screens, all displayed on a big, bright LCD that never succumbed to
virtual gauges overlaid on the map and menu screens, all displayed on a big, bright LCD that never succumbed to glare.
Speaking of that center screen in the
gauge cluster, it was filled with good information, but we look forward to the 2018 model year when Volkswagen will update the Golf R with the
virtual cockpit technology from the Audi TT.
On the interior, all A3 variants will now be available with Audi's
virtual cockpit display which replaces conventional
gauges with an LED display.
The optional
Virtual Cockpit instrument cluster gets most of the attention, re-creating analog
gauges while also displaying navigation and entertainment information.
Higher - spec models get Audi's
Virtual Cockpit that replaces conventional
gauges with a configurable LCD screen, for a fully high - tech experience.