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.
Analog an illusion? Yes.
Tactile effectiveness an illusion? No.
I don’t really care what’s happening in the backend, I want it to look nice and not cheap