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Should the 5th Gen have a retro interior or a modern interior?

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Old Mar 21, 2004 | 09:53 PM
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Originally posted by 0toinsanein5.4sec
It was an acura interior, look at my post right before yours in that thread u linked to. the url goesto an Acura TSX guage cluster.
Thats what I clicked... a mercedes site came up for me

edit: oh duh, I clicked the second one. sorry.
Old Mar 21, 2004 | 10:01 PM
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100% modern and cutting edge.

I also want 4 cup holders like the LS1 Camaros have, HUD, & a nice fat steering wheel.
Old Mar 21, 2004 | 10:13 PM
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Modern conveniences with a touch of class(said quality) older Camaro interiors were'nt much to write home about...have things like cup-holders be hide-aways that are easy to reach and usefull. I think at least one a/c convertor outlet would be nice in this new century of lap-tops for tuning etc... layouts can give a sense of retro tho...
Old Mar 22, 2004 | 12:13 AM
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i think that digital dash idea is very sweet. my dad had something similar in his 95 Lincoln Continental. instead of being digital it was a regular analog style gauge but it was a hologram that was cast down from the over hang on the top of the cluster. it worked great in sunlight too.
Old Mar 22, 2004 | 07:45 AM
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24 to 1 right now... don't think I have to tell anyone I am NOT in the moniority on this one.
Old Mar 22, 2004 | 08:56 AM
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Even I voted modern, but only because I was threatened by the GM folks I'd love to see digital dashes come back. At least as an option.
Old Mar 22, 2004 | 10:43 AM
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P-L-E-A-S-E! No digital dashes. They're so 1980's!
Old Mar 22, 2004 | 11:28 AM
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id like to see a modern and very driver oriented dash, ala 93-98 supra, or 94-04 celicas. they just give the car a much more sportier feel....


supra
http://www.ladysstall.com/supra/interior.jpg

celica
http://auto.consumerguide.com/images...1990004LRG.jpg

i love the wrap around feeling, i have it in my 92 celica, and even tho the car is slow as a snail it still gives the sporty impression to the driver and passenger....
Old Mar 22, 2004 | 04:54 PM
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Originally posted by jg95z28
P-L-E-A-S-E! No digital dashes. They're so 1980's!
No one said we wanted 80s technology in our digital dashes

Last edited by JoeliusZ28; Mar 22, 2004 at 04:58 PM.
Old Mar 22, 2004 | 05:13 PM
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Originally posted by jadedst
id like to see a modern and very driver oriented dash, ala 93-98 supra, or 94-04 celicas. they just give the car a much more sportier feel....


supra
http://www.ladysstall.com/supra/interior.jpg

celica
http://auto.consumerguide.com/images...1990004LRG.jpg

i love the wrap around feeling, i have it in my 92 celica, and even tho the car is slow as a snail it still gives the sporty impression to the driver and passenger....
Or you could go with the 93-96' Camaro or the 91'-96' Corvette but yes, I like the driver orientated cockpit as well.
Old Mar 22, 2004 | 08:56 PM
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Something in-between I don’t want to feel like I'm in a Japanese disco or in a cardboard box factory. A nice flowing cockpit design with large visible gauges would make me happy.
Old Mar 22, 2004 | 09:07 PM
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They should have the gauges like they did in the 3rd Gen Camaros. Not the ugly yellow gauges, but the ones where the speedo, tach, volts, gas, and coolant were all their own circular gauges and had seperate pieces of glass covering them. It was not like most cars where all the gauges were covered by one piece of glass.
Old Mar 23, 2004 | 02:56 PM
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I think some of you are not fully grasping Joelius' idea here. Imagine graphics on a computer monitor that depict a car's gauge cluster, not big, square, segmented, green numbers with a black background.

BTW, I've been drawing pictures of this type of cluster since the mid '90s.
Old Mar 23, 2004 | 03:48 PM
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no contest...modern, and even better, it should be next-generation futuristic...

We they came out with a retro interior, that would give FoMoCo all the ammo to say that we're just copying their formula for the stang
Old Mar 23, 2004 | 04:29 PM
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I guess we found another hornets' nest to throw rocks at?

OK, I'm game....

I vote modern, but there's something about the twin pod design of the '69s that is very appealing, and the 2nd gen's.

My all time fav was the '93 -'96 dashes. Blister vents and all.

I think if exectued right, a digital dash could be a hit in the V6 and some V8 cars. Persoanlly I liked the '88-'93(?) Cutlass digital dash that mimicks dials. Above all else I would love to see electro-luminesence....with different color options (I'll take mine in VW blueish-purple with very red needles thank you).



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