Dans91

i have come to LOVE the creature comforts soooo my vote is mostly modern with some ol lookin things maybe!!

RussStang

I would really like to see a modern interior. Some retro cues would be alright, but nothing that retro. Besides the quality thing, I think the 4th gen interiors were good, with a seating/shifter arrangement like that, and some new guages, I would be fine with it.


One thing I would definetly like to still see on the 5th gen is the continuation of the same 6 guage setup we are familiar with on F-Bodies. I don't like how the GTO has no oil pressure and voltmeter guages. And make sure these guages have numbers on them signifying what you are actually looking at. For example, my friend's SVT Focus has an oil pressure guage, but there are no readings on it anywhere, so you can't really tell what oil psi you are actually at at any given engine speed. I know this is being really picky, but I really like the guages on the 4th gen (for the most part).

One last thing about the guages. Please give the 5th gen a real water temp guage, like the ones the 98s have. I really don't like having an analog idiot light for a water temp guage in my car. Why can't we see what the coolant temp is in realtime? Or, if we have to have the crappy temp guage from the factory, at least make it easy to swap the stock one out for an aftermarket one and keep the stock location.

stangitr

all modern. the mustang has a retro interior and i absolutely hate it.

IZ28

A mix. But certainly not that dash in the pictures, the steering wheel is cool though.

91Z-28

I just hope the tach is the main part of the dash, with the speedometer smaller and offset to the side.

RussStang

And that the tach in the 5th gen is actually indicating current RPM, and not lagging behind by a few 100 RPM.

91Z-28

My car is 15 years old and I've never bounced off the rev limiter because of anything like that.

RussStang

Its something I have heard alot of F-body owners, 4th gen at least, complain about. Especially in first gear. Hell, I have seen it happen in an auto when holding first gear manually.

stangitr

all cars are going to be like that. it's more a function of how fast your reaction time is, not the tach lagging. if you know how to drive, that won't happen. my friend never seemed to have a problem hitting the rev limiter with his 12 flat '02 SS M6

RussStang

Find a 4th gen with an aftermarket tach in it, and watch how the stock tach lags behind the aftermarket one. I am not talking about bad shifting here. The stock tach lags.

kick Z tail out

Modern with retro cues is great IMO. Just not full on retro.

Deviant

It's got to have a modern cockpit and not feel like you are in a family sedan.

kick Z tail out

I agree. I like the general feel of the LT1 Z28's cockpit... It can of course be improved upon, but I think the new car at least has to recreate that wrap around F-16 like feel.

Brandon_Lutz

I want modern flair in the cockpit. Although a general, modern shape of the early Second Gen would be nice for the dash. I always liked the early second gen dash. It was simple and well laid out.

SNEAKY NEIL

I agree. I love the wraparound cockpit. Something like the Solstice interior or even along the lines of the 91-96 C4 interior. I like to feel like I am really driving the car and not just some passenger that just steers the vehicle.

Modern. Old interiors were not good. Back then, much less thought was put into interiors with reguards to ergonomics, comfort, materials, quality, and overall design, so why try to copy that?