[aetherspawn]

Lexus CT200h is one of the best interiors ever designed. The design language was tactile: every single button or control had a different action or feel.

https://cdn-fastly.thetruthaboutcars.com/media/2022/07/20/94...

There’s a roughly 7 inch above the vents that flips up whenever the car is off, but using the screen is optional. The screen is up near the road, and it’s very safe to use. There’s a small joystick to move the cursor.

Screen up:

https://preview.redd.it/after-about-a-year-of-ownership-post...

CT also has a stateless “springy gear selector” which works the same way as a manual gear selector, but after selecting the gear it springs back, so it’s stateless. It also has tactile blocking for gears you can’t enter yet. It felt extremely satisfying.

CT got a 10/10 from me, like a small aircraft cockpit. Enough knobs and computers to be exciting, but not OTT. Made a hybrid micro hatchback feel exciting.

[OptionOfT]

BMWs interior pre-iPad-glued-to-the-dash is of the same quality. The automatic gear shifter is stateless, by it has an extremely satisfying clunk, buttons and dials for everything. Note that a stateless gear shifter isn't ideal if you ever need to move your car on a dead battery. In a BMW you need to go under the car and screw in a bolt that pushes the parking pall into neutral.

[alexjplant]

> iPad-glued-to-the-dash

Whoever started this trend has a lot to answer for. It looks tacky as hell and is a technically-inferior solution to just having a dock that would let a customer bring their own tablet. It's truly the worst of both worlds and a seemingly pervasive problem across multiple manufacturers in the automotive design space.

[dreadsword]

CT200h is the nearly perfect hybrid, IMHO, interior included. Thumbs up emoji!

[yakshaving_jgt]

Looks a little bland to me.

Personally I’m very happy with the interior of my 2012 Cayenne.

[carefree-bob]

This looks gorgeous.