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How many people have exotic car wallpaper on their computers? How many arguments have broken out over the relative merits of Lambhorgihini styling over Ferrari, or even whose pickup truck looks better?
Okay, now how many times do you hear heated discourse over whose car has the best interior?
I thought so. And yet that is where we spend our time. So let us take a look at some of the best of the best where your rear takes a rest.
No one who has ever sat in an Audi has come away unimpressed. Combining luxury, purpose, and a design aesthetic that is museum worthy and a joy to interact with, the clean bauhaus style is a force to be reckoned with. ironically, the new R8 is not nearly as cool as your attainable Audi TT in this regard.
Then we have the Ford Mustang. The newest examples look up to date and retro at the same time - not an easy thing to pull off. Comfortable, accessible, and still special. an interior that apologizes to no one.
Ever driven the 2004 Volkswagen R32? The gorgeous engine is almost upstaged by an interior that screams $80,000 quality in a $30,000 + car. The leather seats support and coddle, and the controls and interior layout are second only to Audi, and not by much.
What about the Japanese? One of my favorites is the Honda Civic Si. This is an unabashed attack on the future. The excellent designed seating is great,but it is the easy to read displays, giving digital a good name, that really make you forget this is a Honda Civic, as opposed to a Honda Formula 1 car. Then again, for a Japanese take on the high end interior, it is hard to beat the M45 with the combination of old world woods and new world tech.
For funky, you have the Mini, with an almost cartoonish gauge cluster. You either love it or hate it. Recent models have slightly toned down the volume on the oversized analog readouts, but most of us like the earlier examples.
There are cool details that can make an interior iconic. Take the heads up display that first showed up on the Corvette, or the center console key placement for Saab, or the left of steering wheel placement on Porsche. It may be the concealed controls rising up when the new Jag is turned on,
or the toggle switches on so many classic British roadsters. Or the pistol grip shifter on the new Challenger. Maybe it is the push button start that first showed up on the Honda S2000, a fifteen year old interior design that looks fresh today.
Is it expensive materials,ergonomics, or mad scientist controls that make a car interior special? Yes, yes and oh yes.
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