So, you think a centered gauge cluster is new?

[RedRide]

This is a '57 Nash "Ambassador Custom" proving that a centered guage cluster made its way into a prduction model as far back as the '50s. :smile:

[Yaris Hilton]

That's awesome! I doubt it was the first with centered gauges, though.

[Yaris Hilton]

Hey, here's an early Model T dash. No speedometer or gauges, but what it's got is centered:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/125/420729250_edc1ccc5cb.jpg

[SmartYaris]

Haha, somebody watched "My Classic Car" this afternoon on Speed. :) My 30 Chevy has them but not in a pod. Just gauges in the center.

[wooverstone8]

The late 1950s Morris Minor 1000 had a center speedo and a driver glove box too:wink:.

[MadMax]

As did the 1940s Jeeps...

http://image.jpmagazine.com/f/9175960/154_0607_06_z+1949_custom_jeep_flatfender+dash_boa rd.jpg

[birdman]

The center dash goes way back and has been on late model European cars for some time now. Some of them quite spendy too. I think the Yaris has a great one.

[Yarrris-Wench]

It took a little getting used to but I like the centered gauges much better than driver centered. It cuts down on the glare, to me at least, when your looking straight ahead. For a few weeks i kept thinking i'd gone insane for an instant before realizing they were to the right of where i normally looked lol

[wooverstone8]

I think the Yaris has a great one.


+1

[gokartride]

I like the centered gauges much better than driver centered. It cuts down on the glare, to me at least, when your looking straight ahead.Good point! It is a subtle thing, but I love the uncluttered view of the Yaris the driving position. Yes, I can access gauges easily if needed, but I don't drive by the gauges...I drive by assessing traffic/road consitions and responding in the most safe/accurate way possible. In this regard I find the Yaris to be superb, both in packaging and in precise handling/steering.

Sir Alec Issigonis would be pleased with the Yaris layout, I think, although he's probably nix the stereo. :wink: