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Audi have some very recent cars that are completely screen free - they have a screen which completely retracts into the dashboard https://www.youtube.com/watch

by bedobi 3y ago

Audi have some very recent cars that are completely screen free - they have a screen which completely retracts into the dashboard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_F2dpj5Kas&t=42s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_F2dpj5Kas&t=42s and if you have analog gauges too, there are no screens. (except the tiny one between the gauges which doesn't count imo) They're also completely piano black free. Best car interior maybe ever. Thread here https://old.reddit.com/r/Audi/comments/w9dkcm/what_models_had_the_retractable_screen https://old.reddit.com/r/Audi/comments/w9dkcm/what_models_ha...

TacticalCoder 3y ago
Also the VW group, but on the high-end luxury side, the rotating display (three positions) of the Bentley Continental GT (that car shares its platform with the Porsche Panamera, also from the VW group, but the Panamera doesn't have that rotating display): https://youtu.be/JZNGniDpJ-s https://youtu.be/JZNGniDpJ-s
- bedobi 3y ago
  the side with the analog dials looks amazing shame they made the dash shiny black though :P I hate it as much as I hate touchscreens haha shakes walking stick
  - LeftHandPath 3y ago
    They have many options for the veneer - carbon fiber, aluminum, and a number of gorgeous wood options. If I find the dough I really hope to buy one before they're forced to go all EV.
jimmySixDOF 3y ago
They have also just been promoting the Activesphere Concept Car in the last few months that uses Mixed Reality / AR glasses developed in collaboration with Magic Leap. https://youtu.be/f0MC1D3c0m8 https://youtu.be/f0MC1D3c0m8
tom9729 3y ago
It's a neat feature, but I'd be worried about it getting stuck and being unable to retract. Later model years removed the ability to retract the screen on demand, due to backup-camera laws, and the 2021-ish refresh ditched the retractable display for an in-dash display similar to the 10th-gen Honda Civic (which amusingly, ditched the in-dash display in its 11th-gen for the previous A3 style). This might be cheating but if you want a mostly screen-free recent Audi your best bet is probably the TT (or its big brother the R8 :-), the only screen is the entire gauge cluster and it's certainly not a touch screen. Just do _not_ get a modern VW with its touch sensitive steering wheel controls...
bdavbdav 3y ago
Unfortunately these ones arent the recent ones (that A3 has been gone for a couple of years). They went from these style screens with MMI controllers in the centre, but if you buy an A4 or better now, you get 2 touchscreens and no tactile controls for climate etc sadly.
- bedobi 3y ago
  Yup the new ones are trash unfortunately, all screens and piano black plastic interior
ytreyrty 3y ago
I hate that Porsche has gone all in on the touch screens instead of buttons, as they had been one of the last holdouts. My 911 has physical buttons for pretty much everything, and the small touch screen can be turned off so it is completely dark. The new models are not interesting to me as they have replaced all the gauges and physical buttons with touch screens and touch sensitive buttons and dont get me started on the fact that barely any 911s come in manual anymore

by bedobi 3y ago

TacticalCoder 3y ago

Also the VW group, but on the high-end luxury side, the rotating display (three positions) of the Bentley Continental GT (that car shares its platform with the Porsche Panamera, also from the VW group, but the Panamera doesn't have that rotating display): https://youtu.be/JZNGniDpJ-s https://youtu.be/JZNGniDpJ-s

bedobi 3y ago
the side with the analog dials looks amazing shame they made the dash shiny black though :P I hate it as much as I hate touchscreens haha shakes walking stick
- LeftHandPath 3y ago
  They have many options for the veneer - carbon fiber, aluminum, and a number of gorgeous wood options. If I find the dough I really hope to buy one before they're forced to go all EV.

jimmySixDOF 3y ago

They have also just been promoting the Activesphere Concept Car in the last few months that uses Mixed Reality / AR glasses developed in collaboration with Magic Leap. https://youtu.be/f0MC1D3c0m8 https://youtu.be/f0MC1D3c0m8

tom9729 3y ago

It's a neat feature, but I'd be worried about it getting stuck and being unable to retract. Later model years removed the ability to retract the screen on demand, due to backup-camera laws, and the 2021-ish refresh ditched the retractable display for an in-dash display similar to the 10th-gen Honda Civic (which amusingly, ditched the in-dash display in its 11th-gen for the previous A3 style). This might be cheating but if you want a mostly screen-free recent Audi your best bet is probably the TT (or its big brother the R8 :-), the only screen is the entire gauge cluster and it's certainly not a touch screen. Just do _not_ get a modern VW with its touch sensitive steering wheel controls...

bdavbdav 3y ago

Unfortunately these ones arent the recent ones (that A3 has been gone for a couple of years). They went from these style screens with MMI controllers in the centre, but if you buy an A4 or better now, you get 2 touchscreens and no tactile controls for climate etc sadly.

bedobi 3y ago
Yup the new ones are trash unfortunately, all screens and piano black plastic interior

ytreyrty 3y ago

I hate that Porsche has gone all in on the touch screens instead of buttons, as they had been one of the last holdouts. My 911 has physical buttons for pretty much everything, and the small touch screen can be turned off so it is completely dark. The new models are not interesting to me as they have replaced all the gauges and physical buttons with touch screens and touch sensitive buttons and dont get me started on the fact that barely any 911s come in manual anymore