[JayG]

When I got my Pilots license years ago, one of the things you are taught is to regularly scan your gauges. Same thing for looking around to see what is around you. (they call that situational awareness). In a car, often scan your mirrors so if you have to make an emergency maneuver, you know where you can move to safely

Over the years gauges have migrated to both analog and digital readout and many are just digital. The reason is that a digital gauge is easier to get a accurate reading faster.

Yes, you do want to and need to keep your eyes on the road, but you also need to know what is going on with speed, RPM, temp, etc as well as where other cars are on the road.

I personally find it easier to "read" the digital speed, for me it s faster to read than the analog scale. With the analog, I find myself interpolating and getting approximate speed.

I guess a lot of it is just personal preference. Overall I do like the instrument cluster. It is easy to read and little things like the temp gauge at normal temp bisects the 8, easy to notice if its not normal, 4k sweet spot on the tach straight up, same straight up for normal 150 cruising speed on the speedo, etc