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Lancia Orca Concept dashboard by Italdesign (1982) (file.coffee)
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Source: Project: Orca - 1982 - Italdesign

Seen on: Buttons & Knobs — Lancia Orca (1982)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why would anyone think it’s a good idea to put a pocket calculator’s worth of buttons in the center of a steering wheel?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

The AC and C buttons were nice nod to the calculator inspired design.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Physical buttons over touchscreen mess we have now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Same thought here. It's nice that the horn, signal lights, and highbeams are bigger, but wow do I appreciate the ergonomics of conventional control stalks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It was a different time. They also chose to get this haircut.