What is the ugliest dash currently in production (or in recent memory)???

[Ginsu]

Here's a couple of starters.

Pontiac Aztec

EV1

2008 Saab Aero

[fjwagner]

I like the Saab. Very European with simple gauges.

[alonsorules8]

I like the Saab.

Thinking back the Firebird dashes of the mid 90's and 92-96 Camaro dashes were ugly.

[AZhitman]

[blindsnyper]

http://www.nissanusa.com/cube/#/en/accessories/open it until you get to the dash.

[blindsnyper]

come on man, i used to think you were cool

[arco]

The new (since 2006?) Honda Civic dash design is pretty ugly.

[Ginsu]

come on man, i used to think you were cool

[VersaMG08]

1982 Toyota Corolla

[VersaMG08]

Saturn Ion

[VersaMG08]

Buick Rivera

[VersaMG08]

hunk of ****

[TrustME]

HAHA! You beat me to it.

I love the Saab's dash. My buddy owns a 97' Saab 900, and personally, I think it better then the Versa's.

I agree with the others though.

[arco]

Saturn Ion

Wow.

That's bad.

[Rand0m0sityxX]

haha not really. I miss that one



I thought i had a better picture of it. But my Cav has a crappy one. and its a PAIN to pull apart. >.<

my metro had a ugly one, but i dont have any pics of it.

my 1996 Dodge Dakota

[BBISHOPPCM]

I'm seeing a theme here... amlost every dash pictured has been of a GM product. Does GM need work in the interior design department? I guess so, because I'm going to add the 2000 Pontiac Grand AM to the list. Ugliest dash I've ever seen, hands down. Oh, and the mid 80's corvette, with that odd rectangular pad in front of the passenger...

[MinisterofDOOM]

Currently in production? That's EASY.

Lincoln Navigator.

It reminds me of my '84 Caddy. That's not a good thing.

[Andrews Chalmers]

http://blogs.edmunds.com/roadtests/steering.jpg

http://66.160.188.111/.eea4b35...a4b36

http://66.160.188.111/.eea5e63...a5e64

http://66.160.188.111/.eea4b32...a4b33

http://66.160.188.111/.eea4fdc...a4fdd (stock ricer characteristics? oh wait.. it is american... )

2008 Focus Focus

Radial gauges? Dumbest stylistic idea ever - it violates human factor engineering principles.

This is a car that got a "refresh" over the same old platform and ended up worse than it used to be.

[BBISHOPPCM]

I've always found the Focus instrument panel to look... cheap. like something out of a Chinese car, or something a toddler would ride on.

[BBISHOPPCM]

It's too bad all those EV1s were crushed.

[matt_a]

Pontiac Aztec

The dash wasn't the only ugly part of the Aztec! Pretty much the entire vehicle was hideous.

[kc5f]

Yaris...

[srellim234]

I was thinking the Yaris, too, after I saw the interior pictures at Toyota's own website. I'm not computer savvy enough to post the picture here but it's picture #5 of the 12 interior pictures of the Yaris.

http://www.toyota.com/yaris/photo-gallery.html

They have a water bottle in the holder, the storage compartment on the dash behind the steering wheel open and the dash of that car looks like a junk mess in the back yard.

Very unflattering for Toyota to have that clutter pictured on their website, even if it is to show all the storage bins.

[Knightro2]

I HAAAAAAAATTTEEE the centered dash console thingies. I know they did some research that shows by placing the guages in the center it is suppose to allow your eyes to be on the road more...but really it just feels like they are doing it to TRY and be different.

[Andrews Chalmers]

Looks like the Yaris sedan... because of the tach & also the triangular layout of the AC controls.

The center dash console was probably invented to conserve manufacturing costs... one dash for both left and right hand drive models.

[matt_a]

I HAAAAAAAATTTEEE the centered dash console thingies. I know they did some research that shows by placing the guages in the center it is suppose to allow your eyes to be on the road more...but really it just feels like they are doing it to TRY and be different.

Yeah, I don't buy it either. My Scion xA has the center gauge-pod thing also. It doesn't bother me at all. I was used to it in 5 minutes. Toyota claims that the center position is "safer" because it keeps your eyes on the road better. That's total BS. They do it to save money. When that car is produced for a country with right-hand-drive cars, they only need to relocate the steering column and not the gauge cluster. It's all about saving money and ease of production flexibility. That's why you don't see it on upper-end cars. It's only on the smaller economy cars like Scion xA, Toyota Yaris, and Saturn Ion (the pod on the Ion can simply be turned at the factory to point toward the other side).

[marleyfan]

Really? I agree that the Versa dash is pretty plain looking but calling it ugly is a bit of a stretch. There are FAAAAAARR uglier dashes out there.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Center-mounted instrument clusters are easily the worst idea in the history of dashboard designs. Yes, let's take critical information and move it OUT of the driver's eyeline! To hell with function, it's DIFFERENT!

[blacky_s13]

That Saturn steering wheel looks familiaris it just me or....hmmmm


Modified by blacky_s13 at 11:21 PM 2/3/2009

[matt_a]

Center-mounted instrument clusters are easily the worst idea in the history of dashboard designs. Yes, let's take critical information and move it OUT of the driver's eyeline! To hell with function, it's DIFFERENT!

Moving the gauge cluster over to the right does give you a totally unubstructed view of the road. Glancing over at your gauges is actually easier than you would imagine. Like I said, it took me less than 5 minutes to be completely used to it. Besides, I don't think it was to be "different" or for safety. I think it was to save money in production. Either way, it works fine.