There’s no shortage of poorly thought-out design elements in car interiors, if you really stop to think about it. The faux-wood inserts on previous generation Lexus steering wheels, for example, looked the part for a while, but could be less grippy than a well-lubed bar of soap. Oversized infotainment screens bolted to the dashboard rather than molded elegantly into them makes your thoroughly ham-fisted writer wonder if even he can give this ol’ automotive design thing a go. Some higher-end manufacturers are complicit too, with ‘Power, Beauty, Soul’ flashing across the driver cluster on start-up a beyond nauseating addition to Aston Martin’s otherwise excellent 2005 Vantage.
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