For over a century, the automobile has represented freedom, power, and the thrill of mechanical mastery. The connection between driver, machine, and road defined what it meant to own and love a car. But in today’s digital era, a different trend is unfolding. Cars are no longer just machines designed to take us from point A to point B. Increasingly, they resemble something else entirely: smartphones on wheels.
The analog dials were an illusion. That information has been processed digitally for at least the last 25 years.
I don’t really care what’s happening in the backend, I want it to look nice and not cheap
Analog an illusion? Yes.
Tactile effectiveness an illusion? No.