Sentences with phrase «traditional tachometer»

Digital Speedometer We like traditional tachometers — the needle helps you time shifts and more quickly conveys the relative speed of the engine - but when it comes to tracking vehicle speed, two digits is better.

In standard mode, the color screen presents a traditional tachometer in which a digital speedometer and the gear indicator are embedded, flanked by readings for the trip odometer, hours since engine start, temperature and fuel gauge, and speed and fuel - consumption figures.

It was so intricately engineered that it was able to rev between idle and its 9500rpm redline so quickly a traditional tachometer needle was not able to keep up.

Porsche's love affair with the traditional tachometer continues, but the analog dial is now flanked with a high - definition 7 - inch display on each side.

In fact, the only give away is the absence of the traditional tachometer.

The brushed - aluminum accents lend a contemporary look and the view of the instruments has evolved: In place of a traditional tachometer, the RX 400h has an illuminated power meter that displays the level of power generated by the hybrid powertrain.

As with many hybrid cars, the Camry Hybrid does away with the traditional tachometer in favor of a power gauge.

Interestingly, the Charge / Power hybrid meter to the left of the speedometer changes to display a traditional tachometer when «Sport» is enabled: a neat gimmick.

Taking the place of a traditional tachometer is the Jetta Hybrid's «Power Meter» — a rethink of traditional instrumentation.