The Interiors Thread.

[GranTurNismo]

The dashboard of the 1986 Oldsmobile Incas Concept is fascinating, to say the least.

 

[Prince.M5]

I'm actually quite fond of the Peugeot RCZ's interior. It's simple yet elegant, and whatever that you need is all there. The interior is also similar to my Peugeot 408 THP minus the leather dashboard and center clock but I just love it.

 

[Volksauto]

1912 Baker Electric Model V Special Extension Coupé:

 

[05XR8]

1912 Baker Electric Model V Special Extension Coupé:
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Can't beat a fabric interior. Just needs a/c.

 

[Volksauto]

Can't beat a fabric interior. Just needs a/c.

All though it doesn’t have a/c, it has an opening windscreen for ventilation.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

1912 Baker Electric Model V Special Extension Coupé:
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Does the driver stand or??

 

[Volksauto]

The first image is the driver’s view. The second you can see the seat the driver sits in. The passenger seat is rear facing in front of the driver. You can see the steering tiller and parking brake on the driver’s side where they sit and the gauges are under the passenger seat.

 

[Tornado]

Why does an Oldsmobile have a metric speedometer?

 

[GranTurNismo]

Why does an Oldsmobile have a metric speedometer?

I swear that’s the interior of the Oldsmobile Incas. I have no clue.

 

[05XR8]

Why does an Oldsmobile have a metric speedometer?

An old Reddit post mentions it's possible USA was trying to switch to kilometres around that time. I was 17yo in '88. Trying to remember if that was the case.

 

[TexRex]

An old Reddit post mentions it's possible USA was trying to switch to kilometres around that time. I was 17yo in '88. Trying to remember if that was the case.

It goes back before that. Gerald Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act into law in 1975, and Carter continued the push. It kind of died with Reagan after Carter's single term, though.

 

[05XR8]

 

[Volksauto]

Thanks. Now you just made me want one even more.

 

[05XR8]

Thanks. Now you just made me want one even more.

That's what I'm here for.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

It wasn't long ago that you could buy a Cosmo for under $30k in the US....

 

[GranTurNismo]

 

[Tornado]

In my experience of almost buying a 996, Porsche would happily sell you any 911 in any interior color you want no matter how ridiculous it was versus the rest of the car. That's a lot more tame than the dark blue one I test drove that had a canary yellow interior.

 

[Volksauto]

I was just looking at the 986 Boxter interior today.

 

[GranTurNismo]

I was just looking at the 986 Boxter interior today.
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Yellow and green... quite the combination there.

 

[VXR]

All my kinda taste.

 

[TexRex]

...or lack thereof.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

I was just looking at the 986 Boxter interior today.
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The amount of interior options is also nuts on Porsches. IIRC correctly there was even an option to wrap the hvac vent blades in leather!

My 986 was optioned to a sort of 7/10 level...they didn't go overboard.

 

[05XR8]

The amount of interior options is also nuts on Porsches. IIRC correctly there was even an option to wrap the hvac vent blades in leather!

My 986 was optioned to a sort of 7/10 level...they didn't go overboard.

Didn't the 930 turbos have an option to wrap the gauges with leather? Unless that was Gemballa.

 

[Crash]

I was just looking at the 986 Boxter interior today.
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That color scheme is so late 90s, it's perfect.

 

[Robin]

That color scheme is so late 90s, it's perfect.

Reminds me of this gem available on the original Mercedes A-Class...

90's-tastic.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Man that Boxster interior is hideous. It doesn't help that the regular interior didn't really look like anything special.

 

[TexRex]

As though H.R. Giger and Clive Barker had a love child, and that's the womb.

 

[-Fred-]

IIRC correctly there was even an option to wrap the hvac vent blades in leather!

That's still a thing they offer, it's something like a 1000$ option depending on the color you choose.

 

[Centroid]

Interior of the Lancia Trevi and later Betas. If I remember correctly from contemporary reviews, the seats were awful.

 

[Tornado]

It looks like they cut the center section out of a 70's bench seat.