GTI Speedo is dated

[Ginge 35Edition]

VW = Function over fashion

Nuff said.

[Hawaii-Five-O]

Now that's a proper dashboard!! Can anyone guess the make, model and year?

[dubber36]

S1 Landrover. 1948?

As for the GTI clocks. The only think I think they could have improved on would have been to not have the kph on the dial as well, and give us a digital readout like the Mk6.

[carl1]

Kia's dials look really tacky and cheap imo and why do you need to know how much torque you are using, as Bruce Lee said in Enter The Dragon "Don't think' feel"
The Gti's aren't that great tho i have always thought the dials and needles look more premium on Mk5 tdi (not mk5 Gti)
Totally agree with you AAddict about  prices of Kia cars not cheap anymore, they make Vw's a no brainer to me if you are spending that amount of money.

[Gryzor]

To be fair, the gadget-lover in me likes the idea of a TFT dash, but I actually like the layout and simplicity of the GTI ones.  OK so the numbers are not a consistent size, and for me, unnecessarily have KPH stuffed in there, but with a digital speed in the central TFT unit, am I really bothered?  Nope.

[Jimble]

To be fair, the gadget-lover in me likes the idea of a TFT dash, but I actually like the layout and simplicity of the GTI ones.  OK so the numbers are not a consistent size, and for me, unnecessarily have KPH stuffed in there, but with a digital speed in the central TFT unit, am I really bothered?  Nope.

Do the UK spec cars have both mph and kph on the dial? Or was that just the demo cars? I think Dave is the man to answer that!?

[Gryzor]

To be fair, the gadget-lover in me likes the idea of a TFT dash, but I actually like the layout and simplicity of the GTI ones.  OK so the numbers are not a consistent size, and for me, unnecessarily have KPH stuffed in there, but with a digital speed in the central TFT unit, am I really bothered?  Nope.

Do the UK spec cars have both mph and kph on the dial? Or was that just the demo cars? I think Dave is the man to answer that!?

Very good point!

[Snoopy]

As part of my job involves designing displays you will probably find that a  screen display will actually be cheaper to produce than standard clocks. As its mainly all programming.
I still think if they could have went for a screen and simply showed clocks I think that iirc is what jag and lexus did.

[Hawaii-Five-O]

S1 Landrover. 1948?

Close. It's a 1962 Landrover series IIa 

Still beats the Kia's dash though don't it

[skippy]

I never really thought about the speedo dials being dated. There have been attempts in the past to produce 'futuristic' looking dashboard displays, my Astra GTE back from the 90's (I am sure some of you here know what I am going to say) had a yellow on green LCD digital speedo with a 'power curve' rev counter. The fuel and temperature gauges were also displayed in a wedge kind of design.

The digital dashes never really took off and conventional dials are still the norm. That Kia one does look pretty good though!