[gdotdesign]

Lovin' this! Though I'm not a fan of the design but like the spirit of it.

I can't fathom why we can't have a modern car with analog displays and switches in the cockpit.

I own a 25 years old car which only has a digital radio (removeable!) and that's it, perfectly enough.

[addaon]

Look at the Bugatti Tourbillon. About as analog-appearing as it gets. Clearly there’s a recognition that this is what luxury looks like — but switches (let alone dials!) cost more than touch screens.

[porphyra]

The most analog-appearing car interior I've ever seen is the Spyker C8: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spyker_C8_Spyder_-_F...

[fragmede]

On a Bugatti? The switch replacement costs more than a car! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMgEhBsh/

[SirFatty]

No fuel injection or electronic ignition? I'm sure there's an ECU somewhere in the vehicle.

[cameron_b]

This is the sentiment completely.

My 34-year old base spec Chevrolet has digital controls for timing advance, fuel trim, and integrated Engine and Transmission Control Units. But my dash has some analog components ( fuel level is variable voltage instead of PWM ). The mechanics would all say that my truck is very simple, and "old school"

The Lay use of 'analog' is far removed from function. As long as there isn't a screen, it isn't seen to be digital. I studied photography in college and loved shooting film. I have a processing machine that is based on a 6502. When people would talk about non-digital things as analog it would bug me (One is chemical, and one is a computer).

[calvinmorrison]

The last real analog stuff would be either carb'd bikes / cars or mechanical fuel injection, which is the worst of both worlds.

However, those ECUs are more closely related to embedded programming than digital dial outs and SIM Card loaded cars with a internal network canbus these days. Analog / Digital Inputs and outputs as a closed loop controller.

[rjsw]

ECUs talked to each other over a digital bus long before anyone added a connection to the internet.

[potato3732842]

The first 20yr of automotive computers they weren't really talking to each other and when they were it wasn't really bidirectional and it wasn't typically on a bus unless you wanna call a dedicated wire a bus.

[rjsw]

I was working on diagnostics for cars using CAN in 1995.

[regularfry]

Not features found in the cockpit, unless you are not going to space today.

[jonah]

It's electric.