The driver can call up just about any function via steering wheel buttons and scroll wheels, although there is still a familiar multi-function controller in the center console It's a neat piece of kit available only for the TT and the R8 that you can impress your friends with as you toggle among screens or switch the speedo and
tach displays.
Not exact matches
Like all 992 versions, the 911 PHEV comes with a digital dashboard (only the
tach is still of the analogue kind), various assistance systems like an augmented reality head - up
display, and extra-cost fully adaptive long - reach laser - beam headlights.
The speedo on the right is the real thing, but the center
display and left - side
tach are a 7 - inch TFT screen.
There is no conventional instrument panel; drivers instead rely on a head - up
display and an LED
tach.
The main
display in the center stack connects the car to the outside world, while the smaller monitor in front of the driver depicts a speedometer and
tach, and provides navigation information.
On either side of the
tach sit 7 - inch screens that can
display everything from engine info to navigation instructions.
The bandwidth is shared amongst many devices, including your speedo,
tach, all your dash
displays, ABS computer, etc, etc..
As you can see the driver gets a small
display screen nestled between the
tach and speedo, while the infotainment and HVAC controls have layered appearance.
- 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.
To the right of the
tach, you can either show a pair of
displays that mimic the design of the left bank, or a large map screen that spans the width of both sections.
With the
tach and speedometer in the
display, I was able to adjust the steering wheel down to where it was the most comfortable, which blocks the top of the IP, and then never look down at the gauges again.
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).
Engage drops the
tach in favor of a power meter that
displays engine and battery output power simultaneously.
The three - dial instrument cluster is identical, with a big speedo in the center,
tach on the left and a selectable
display on the right with a range of useful information.
Among the available screen
displays is one with a virtual representation of a classic speedometer and tachometer; another with trip data and system status updates; one with a big
tach and a small map; and one that shrinks the speedometer and tachometer, pushes them out to the corners of the
display, and turns the rest of the space over to the navigation screen's breathtaking Google Earth terrain map imagery into the instrument binnacle.
As in the standard TT, I could view a large map
display and small speed and
tach gauges, but the TT RS» sport mode puts the
tach front and center, enclosing a digital speed read - out, flanked by a smaller map
display and contextual information.
Inside, the GT - R gets Recaro seats, a cockpit - style instrument panel, red - accented
tach and the company's multifunction
display from «Gran Turismo 6» maker Polyphony Digital.
When the light turned green, the
tachs turned red; our import companion quickly removed himself from the equation as two American motoring icons reared back on their live axles and tore after the fast - approaching merge zone in a shameless
display of society - shattering, testosterone - fueled misbehavior.
When sport mode engages, the
display shows a
tach, digital speed and selected gear.
I have no desire for any type of
displays on motorcycles, other than a speedometer,
tach, and totaling and trip odometers.
A new drive - assist
display is now located between the
tach and speedo, and will work in tandem with the 8.0 - inch touchscreen mounted in the center stack.
The RDX has sophisticated analog instrumentation with a large tachometer and speedometer on either side of a color 7 - inch TFT Multi-Information
Display (MID) that provides a range of information and trip computer functions, including coolant temperature and fuel level gauges that flank the
tach and speedometer.
When using in the standard setting, it
displays the usual speedo /
tach combo, while the infotainment mode allows the screen to
display navigation, phone, and audio system information.