I love the new center console height!!
It puts the shift knob at nearly the same height as the column stalks, but looks like it tapers down toward the back as to not interfere with your elbows, as does the ridiculously high center console on the S2000.
Once you get used to the shifter being right next to the steering wheel, you will never want to go back to having to drop your hand so far. The closer the shifter to the wheel, the less time it takes to shift and return to two hands on the wheel. I found when driving a Civic SI, that had the shifter on a stalk coming out of the dash, having the shifter that close had the side benefit of convincing you to keep your hand on the wheel, to be closer to the shifter.
When going up through the gears, in normal driving, I tend to leave my right hand near, or on, the shifter instead of returning it to the steering wheel. This may never bite me..................
Alfa started that a long time ago. It may be functional, but it's not as cool looking as the standard location.
The dash on this car looks identical to the one on the Panamera test mule posted in earlier spy shots. I don't think it has anything to do with actual production interiors.
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jmatta, I hope you are right. Those vents going all the way up the dash toward the windshield are awful!
I was hoping the 2012 model would look like that orange one I saw on the cover of whatever magazine... a cross between a 987 and a CGT. That was a fine looking car for sure.
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