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Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by pcurve »

jerlam wrote: post #76
wlesieutre wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If those corner radiuses got any bigger they'd turn into circles

There's a Mini Cooper with a circular touch screen: https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/tech/mini-circular-in... It looks terrible especially running Carplay (which is designed for rectangular screens).

I can forgive the circle screen in a Mini Cooper just because it's a heritage thing. What I don't like is, not having physical controls for heated seats, temperature controls, and heated steering wheels. Mini made all those touch screen, which don't work nice with gloves.

Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by [deleted] »

Traster wrote: post #58
automatic6131 wrote: post #11

That steering wheel looks absolutely awful. Like a budget car. And the UX is rubbish. The easiest to reach buttons are ones that are nearly never needed: drive mode (usually used 0-2 times per trip), wiper mode (but no single wipe?). The only frequently used ones are the indicators - which I don't love but I guess stalks are a bit meh aesthetically - and the speed cruise. But sensors? Suspension? Why are they there?…

It's very clear that at some point they decided stalks are bad, and so instead of having an indicator stalk - a universally understood control they decided to stick them all on the steering wheel so you can drive around looking at whether you want to be in Range, Tour or "Perfo" mode.

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Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by Podrod »

Hamuko wrote: post #71
bronco21016 wrote: post #20

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GM has kept the HUD thing going for a few decades now. They offer it on a good number of vehicles in their GMC lineup. I have it on my vehicle now and it's absolutely amazing. I find I rarely look inside the vehicle at the 14" infotainment screen. It shows speed, cruise control status and alerts, navigation, and a popup of song title if I manually change songs with the steering controls. I find I'm lost and heavily d…

I have a HUD in my BMW and it's utterly useless unless it's night time since it doesn't work with polarized sunglasses.

Have you tried taking off your sunglasses?

Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by zemvpferreira »

jerlam wrote: post #76
wlesieutre wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If those corner radiuses got any bigger they'd turn into circles

There's a Mini Cooper with a circular touch screen: https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/tech/mini-circular-in... It looks terrible especially running Carplay (which is designed for rectangular screens).

I would have literally bought a mini if not for the daft screen and lack of button. Bought a Smart Fortwo instead, happy camper with all my tactile interfaces.

Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by wlesieutre »

pcurve wrote: post #81
jerlam wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a Mini Cooper with a circular touch screen: https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/tech/mini-circular-in... It looks terrible especially running Carplay (which is designed for rectangular screens).

I can forgive the circle screen in a Mini Cooper just because it's a heritage thing. What I don't like is, not having physical controls for heated seats, temperature controls, and heated steering wheels. Mini made all those touch screen, which don't work nice with gloves.

I always wonder if the people designing these things have ever lived in a cold climate. They know about cold in the abstract because they put heated seats in, but have they ever woken up in the morning and gone outside to commute to work in a car that's been sitting at -20 degrees overnight. Interfaces that don't work with gloves or mittens on are the worst.

Which is to say, do they know that touch interfaces are bad and do it anyway because it saves money? Or do they go through life thinking they're actually making a usable product?

Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by bgnn »

This is just so sad. One would have hoped Ferrari aa a car brand care about their design language enough to not look like any other car in 2026. That iPad in the middle looks just a bit more refined than the middle console tablet glued to a Dacia Sandero.

Why do they go for OLED fake analog gauges? You don't need to switch between a million different faces for gauges. A Ferrari is supposed to be about the driving experience, not the gimmicks.

Re: Jony Ive Designed Ferrari Luce EV Interior

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Post by threetonesun »

pcurve wrote: post #81
jerlam wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a Mini Cooper with a circular touch screen: https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/tech/mini-circular-in... It looks terrible especially running Carplay (which is designed for rectangular screens).

I can forgive the circle screen in a Mini Cooper just because it's a heritage thing. What I don't like is, not having physical controls for heated seats, temperature controls, and heated steering wheels. Mini made all those touch screen, which don't work nice with gloves.

Well, it was a heritage thing. The original remakes with the center speedo and plenty of physical buttons were fun. The digital circle thing is an abomination.
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