Dash Design

[geoffbland]

My work often involves me designing or improving user interfaces (UIs) such as on web pages, something I've done for years and so am a bit passionate about well-designed UIs.

So just a shout out to whoever at Lotus designed the main driver display - it's really very good.

The main driver display is very classy - especially compared to Ferrari's and Porsches that look like something out of a '90s video game.
It's very clear and I can see lots of nice little touches in there (such as the graduations changing on Tour, Sport and Track mode) that all together make it great.
It's not perfect but I have few gripes so who ever put this together deserves some credit.

The mid-car media/info display is decent too - difficult to keep this coherent when it has to display so many different pages though.

 

[RoryBellows]

My biggest gripe is that there's no dedicated next and previous keys on the steering wheel for media. It forces you to go through menus to hit next on the song with the wheel or keep up media on the center screen. Its extra sucky because all US models have 2 wasted buttons on the left side of the wheel that don't do anything. I'm hoping that Lotus or someone will figure out to remap those buttons. Other than that a minor gripe is that the odometer is in a menu as well. I wont care so much when I'm out of break in but it seems oddly out of the way for a normally prominent thing.

 

[Raymond]

My biggest gripe is that there's no dedicated next and previous keys on the steering wheel for media. It forces you to go through menus to hit next on the song with the wheel or keep up media on the center screen. Its extra sucky because all US models have 2 wasted buttons on the left side of the wheel that don't do anything. I'm hoping that Lotus or someone will figure out to remap those buttons. Other than that a minor gripe is that the odometer is in a menu as well. I wont care so much when I'm out of break in but it seems oddly out of the way for a normally prominent thing.

Theres an odometer at the bottom of the dash screen when you get in the car.. before you start the engine. First saw it when someone at the dealership was checking mileage quickly

 

[Raymond]

My work often involves me designing or improving user interfaces (UIs) such as on web pages, something I've done for years and so am a bit passionate about well-designed UIs.

So just a shout out to whoever at Lotus designed the main driver display - it's really very good.

The main driver display is very classy - especially compared to Ferrari's and Porsches that look like something out of a '90s video game.
It's very clear and I can see lots of nice little touches in there (such as the graduations changing on Tour, Sport and Track mode) that all together make it great.
It's not perfect but I have few gripes so who ever put this together deserves some credit.

The mid-car media/info display is decent too - difficult to keep this coherent when it has to display so many different pages though.

Agreed. Clarity over visual noise and everything where you want it

 

[SJM]

I like Emira’s info screens also, although no oil pressure gauge is a mistake.
911’s have pressure and temperature for oil, as it should be.

 

[chirowolf]

My work often involves me designing or improving user interfaces (UIs) such as on web pages, something I've done for years and so am a bit passionate about well-designed UIs.

So just a shout out to whoever at Lotus designed the main driver display - it's really very good.

The main driver display is very classy - especially compared to Ferrari's and Porsches that look like something out of a '90s video game.
It's very clear and I can see lots of nice little touches in there (such as the graduations changing on Tour, Sport and Track mode) that all together make it great.
It's not perfect but I have few gripes so who ever put this together deserves some credit.

The mid-car media/info display is decent too - difficult to keep this coherent when it has to display so many different pages though.

My wife does UX (user experience) for IT systems and frontends. She agrees