Dire Dashboard Disasters

[Junkman]

I had one of those W126 Mercs, a 500 SEL which was, at the time it was made the top of the range Merc. Full on dictator spec. The dash isn't that different to the one in a base model 190E other than having a few more switches. A bit of a let down for what cost a fair old chunk of money back in the day.

^^This.

For the price of 1.5 houses I'd expect something a bit more snazzy than what's in the same company's milk floats.

 

As nice as that looks in many ways, that rear view mirror must be about as useful as a marzipan dildo in that position surely?

Thanks to the superior dynamic capabilities of the 'trelle mirrors are pretty redundant - there will never be anything behind you apart from a dust cloud.

But seriously, it actually works very well.

[UmBongo]

While it's not disastrous as an overall effort, something about the Rover 200 dash always bugged me - if you're going to be that stingy with the (pretend) wood, then why bother at all?

 

 

 

Similarly with the Rover 100. I mean, just how utterly toss does that little square of wood to the right of the steering wheel look.

 

 

Great for stubbing out your fags, though.

[oldford]

What jag is that one that Warren T posted up then? It is spectacularly hideous I must agree.

 

Looks like a XK8 to me, lack of handbrake lever in the centre console as it's between the seat and the door.  What cheapens it is its symmetry, where you can easily seen that it's been designed with swapping the steering wheel from side to side with minimum cost.

[Wilko220]

This 'five minutes during a lunchbreak' utterly shit design gets my vote:

 

 

,,, because nothing says "quality" like a box on a fucking shelf, does it?

 

Honestly, how long did they spend thinking this up? Yes, I know it makes it easy to adapt from RHD to LHD, but I really don't care about that. That only benefits the incompetent communists that made the car, not the buyer.

 

I have to say, I really do quite like this for a basic, small car. Nice and understated!

 

Anyway, have this pic of my LDV again. Did I mention that it's for sale...

 

[Lukas]

One of the worst dashboard experiences  for me was the Subaru Justy G3X/Suzuki Ignis II:

 

 

Absolutely cheap, uninspired, horribly grey and rock-hard plastics that made the worst noises when driving, ugly old Opel/GM-parts recycled (stalks, light-swith etc.) and badly made in Hungary. A horrible place to be, almost like a TATA or Mahindra.