Chevrolet Sonic

[unit731]

Chevrolet Sonic.

 

Manufactured in Michigan.

 

I haven't seen one in person yet. But did watch the video.

 

LINK

 

Looks like a digital speedometer and an analog type tachometer. Not sure though as video showed little/brief.

 

The Saturn ION had the dash gauges in center of dash. Fine for some. But outside the norm.

 

Don't know if I can get used to a digital speedometer. Is this going to help or hinder the sales of the Chevrolet Sonic? Is it less costly to manufacture a digital speedometer? Or is GM attempting to sell to the youth market?

 

Are analog gauges going the way of the column shifter?

[Stevens03]

Back in the late 80's, GM made full digital dashes. This isn't new. From what I see on those photos, thats a cool little car. I actually liked them on a car I had (87 Z24).

[Black02Silverado]

My 88 Beretta had a digital dash no analog gauges at all. I liked it.

[ColeTrains03]

C4 Vette's had digital guages too. The cool thing with today's quality is you could see full 1080p digital LCD screens and whatnot more often

[MikeNH]

The Civic has had the digital speedo/analog tach for several years now and I think GM just followed suit with the setup, though I do have to admit the Sonic's looks better and appears like it'd be easier to read quickly. The Civic is a 2-tier layout and crap is just scattered everywhere. I drove one as a rental for about a week and just couldn't figure out why it sold so well- everything about the interior was bland and miserable. They may be reliable and run forever but it was just a crappy place to spend time. I did however find out they can go through 6-8" of water by accident one day but that's another story.