Not exact matches
The large circular
central instrument — which harks back to the original Mini — survives but no longer houses the speedometer, which moves to join the
tach in a small cluster atop the steering column.
The inside is typical Mini, with the
tach behind the steering wheel and the speedometer in the upper part of the
central console.
There are unique instruments, including a big
central - mounted
tach with a 9,000 - rpm redline.
The toggle switches and
central speedometer (not
tach) were always a unique feature of the car (you can still have a digital screen and a
central speedometer in the center — my Countryman has exactly that).
The interior was nicer than I expected, with cool houndstooth designs on the dash, the big, round
central screen and a
tach right above the nicely formed steering wheel.
In the GT, you get a large
central tachometer that houses a smaller digital speedometer display, while the 2.0 - litre GS gives you a more conventional layout of large speedo and smaller
tach to the side (which seems a little odd, given that it's the one that can be ordered with a stick shift).
Meanwhile, the L and LE models use three main gauges with the
central speedometer flanked by a
tach to the left and a humongous fuel gauge to the right.
The title of the piece refers to a metal table in the kitchen of Freilicher's East Village apartment that she used as a palette (the
taches of paint are in the
central foreground) with jars and coffee cans holding about nine brushes and tubes of paint in some disorder.