Rejoice !!! This from the site of Revvinghigh.
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Rejoice !!! This from the site of Revvinghigh.
No details. What market ? On what versions will it be available ?
"Sep 20 Sport package for Audi A6 and A3
The sport package (done by Audi sport department 'Quattro') for the A6 and A3 consists of more sporty suspension and lower height of the car. The interior includes sport seats, the driver information system FIS (Audi on board computer) and combination instruments with light-grey dials. "
"Sep 20 Sport package for Audi A6 and A3
The sport package (done by Audi sport department 'Quattro') for the A6 and A3 consists of more sporty suspension and lower height of the car. The interior includes sport seats, the driver information system FIS (Audi on board computer) and combination instruments with light-grey dials. "
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Yeah, I don't like light gauge faces. Prefer the night lighting to be red or orange. However, a lot
of people with vision problems ( especially older folks ) had difficulties with the contrast or lack thereof.
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Re: Sounds like description of my '93 S4 "straight out of the box" package...
I think the light grey faced dials look nice. They used to be special, but I picked up a C&D about a year ago and no less than nine featured cars had light-faced gauges. Not so special anymore, but between that and the return of big black rub-strips (thank you neu-M5), my car looks like a new model!
Anyhoo, wrt light grey gauge faces, daytime visibility is good, night visibility is good (backlit red markings and pointer, dial is black), but in between lighting, like at dusk, is TERRIBLE. Can't see a darned thing. Not ideal.
My $.02,
Anyhoo, wrt light grey gauge faces, daytime visibility is good, night visibility is good (backlit red markings and pointer, dial is black), but in between lighting, like at dusk, is TERRIBLE. Can't see a darned thing. Not ideal.
My $.02,
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huh, white on black is higher contrast than anything on gray
By definition.
Take a look at a race car where they don't have to follow trends. They use white on black gauges for readability. Of course now they often use LCDs instead.
White on black is by far the most readable of all gauge configurations. Lighting can be bad or good but that is a separate concern.
Take a look at a race car where they don't have to follow trends. They use white on black gauges for readability. Of course now they often use LCDs instead.
White on black is by far the most readable of all gauge configurations. Lighting can be bad or good but that is a separate concern.
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The red gauges of Audi of yore, could be a bit of a pain for some folk.
The two tone ( red/white ) lighting on the present cars, is a response to this issue.
The original reason for the all red lighting was to follow military convention for night lighting. However, today we face a great deal more ambient light from other sources and it becomes more difficult to discern all red dash lighting.
At the track, all I want to see is the tach and engine temp. White gauges would be nice. On some of my marathon drives done at night, the orange on dark grey background of the dash was comforting, and I found that night vision was not compromised too badly ( good for spotting the deer, moose or elk on the side of the road ).
Sorry, I wasn't clear.
The original reason for the all red lighting was to follow military convention for night lighting. However, today we face a great deal more ambient light from other sources and it becomes more difficult to discern all red dash lighting.
At the track, all I want to see is the tach and engine temp. White gauges would be nice. On some of my marathon drives done at night, the orange on dark grey background of the dash was comforting, and I found that night vision was not compromised too badly ( good for spotting the deer, moose or elk on the side of the road ).
Sorry, I wasn't clear.
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I see
When people tell my my dash is red, I tell them they should see the old ones with red illumination. That lighting seemed more like mood lighting than anything else.
Of course a well designed electronic cluster is easier to read, but they got such a bad name in the 80s (when they weren't well designed) that few companies dare roll them out. Honda did on the S2000 to great praise from mags, despite being far worse than the digital Vette dash they were tearing shreds two years before.
Its just too big a risk for a manufacturer to take.
Of course a well designed electronic cluster is easier to read, but they got such a bad name in the 80s (when they weren't well designed) that few companies dare roll them out. Honda did on the S2000 to great praise from mags, despite being far worse than the digital Vette dash they were tearing shreds two years before.
Its just too big a risk for a manufacturer to take.
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You can beat up on Lexus, but . . .
The electro-luminescent lighting ain't bad. It's always easy to read; though I suspect the major design objective is to be a gadget. And you're right about old folks like me, the red lighting looks cool, but I sure can't make out what the little letters say on the auxiliary controls.
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