2024 Porsche Cayenne blends analog and digital cockpit design

Porsche is launching a brand new cockpit design within the 2024 Porsche Cayenne, the model introduced on Wednesday.

Mixing the analog legacy of the Porsche 911 with the digital panorama of the Porsche Taycan electrical sedan, the redesigned mid-size crossover SUV contains a cleaner, smarter interface centered on the motive force, who Porsche known as crucial individual within the automotive.  

“It is vital to play with the stress between the analog and digital world,” Ivo van Hulten, Porsche director of Driver Expertise, stated in a media briefing. “On this new era of driver expertise, we wished to deliver these worlds collectively. It should not distract you from having enjoyable whereas driving this sports activities automotive.”

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Marking the largest change, the 5 analog dials within the instrument cluster have been changed by a 12.7-inch LCD digital cluster. It reveals as much as seven views, with out there options reminiscent of navigation or evening imaginative and prescient projected within the foreground, an Help show that reveals the varied driver-assist options in use, and a Pure display screen that reveals solely the speedometer and shuts off the head-up show for “driving on the Autobahn,” Porsche stated. 

There may even be a Signature view that may be a digital recreation of the 5 dials displayed on the present Porsche Cayenne, plus a throwback three-dial show displaying the speedometer within the middle, tachometer on the left, and a customizable view on the precise facet. 

Porsche didn’t come calmly to the digitization of the cluster. 

“That was a fairly intense dialogue inside the corporate,” van Hulten stated in an interview, referencing the legacy of the 911. “At a sure level, we realized this offers us extra flexibility sooner or later. After the Taycan, it liberated us just a little bit. Then we determined to go ahead with a digital method.”

The digital method influences the complete cockpit design. The hood defending the cluster from glare has been flattened. Porsche adopted an anti-glare filter from the Taycan that acts like polarized sun shades to remove reflections within the new Cayenne.  

The beginning button nonetheless sits to the left of the reworked steering wheel, and the drive-mode selector hooked up to the wheel comes commonplace, however Porsche migrated the gear selector from the middle console to the sprint on the precise facet of the steering wheel. It is small and compact, and opens up the console for local weather management toggles, heated seat buttons, a lined storage pocket, and a quantity dial. It is a cleaner, much less congested interface.

“We all know within the U.S. bodily controls, local weather controls, are crucial,” van Hulten stated.

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Seize handles on both facet of the middle console stay, and a revised 12.3-inch touchscreen with bigger icons sits within the middle of the sprint. Passengers aren’t uncared for, both. An non-compulsory 10.9-inch touchscreen engages the entrance passenger with largely redundant options from the middle touchscreen, although streaming is an choice.

A wi-fi smartphone charger with built-in cooling comes commonplace, as do two USB-C ports within the storage console and two extra within the rear a part of the console. Pairing a smartphone requires a scan of a QR code displayed on the touchscreen. 

In contrast to Mercedes-Benz’ Hyperscreen, Porsche’s three screens match within the present horizontal format of the sprint, flanked by wings with vertical vents. All of the vents lack louvers, which is a primary for the model. The digitization does not overwhelm or dominate the sprint; slightly, it suits into it. 

On the high of the sprint, ruling over the Cayenne’s inside just like the Eye of Sauron, is the Sport Chrono analog clock. 

Keep tuned for extra on the 2024 Porsche Cayenne’s world premiere on April 18.