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    Carrera GT - New High Quality Pictures!

    We hope you like them.

    Sad thing for Carrera GT customers: the cool TFT display in the middle (as on the Carrera GT prototype shown before) has dissapeared. No such thing on the production car.













    Cool pics (nt)

    nt

    Re: Cool pics (nt)

    Very nice pics. Impressive super car (except for the shifter; and, yes, I know about its history). I wonder why they scrapped the TFT display? Durability, complexity, cost?

    TFT display

    Als antwoord op:
    I wonder why they scrapped the TFT display? Durability, complexity, cost?



    ....the TFT doesn't look very original, I even think that it looks ugly.
    Just to make it look more sporty and classic, they made it just analog. (at least, that is what I think )

    Re: TFT display

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    I wonder why they scrapped the TFT display? Durability, complexity, cost?



    ....the TFT doesn't look very original, I even think that it looks ugly.
    Just to make it look more sporty and classic, they made it just analog. (at least, that is what I think )



    I actually liked the TFT screen and Ferrari uses a similar screen on the Enzo. The Porsche TFT screen was able to change design on the push of a button, from classic to modern to whatever somebody programs into it.
    The reasons why they changed it are rumored to be cost, reliability and visualibility and most important: some very important customers didn't seem to like it, I wonder why?!

    Re: Carrera GT - New High Quality Pictures!

    Thanks RC for the fantastic pictures. If the rest of the car lives up to it's billing, I am OK about not having the TFT display.

    Re: Carrera GT - New High Quality Pictures!

    is this seal or gt silver?

    Re: Carrera GT - New High Quality Pictures!

    gt

    Re: Carrera GT - New High Quality Pictures!

    thanks, it sure is gorgeous but i just have to think the lighting is making it darker than it really is. aren't these silver pics GT silver:

    pics in the flesh

    and don't they look considerably lighter that the pictures in this thread?

    Re: Cool pics (nt)

    John, what IS the history behind the wood shift knob on the CGT. It really does look out of place. Don

    Re: Cool pics (nt)

    Where is the shift pattern - I believe it's a legal ( and liabilty ) requirment to emboss it on the knob or have it on a plate next to the shifter's base .

    Re: Cool pics (nt)

    The history behind the shift knob is that it is made to look similar than the one in the legendary Porsche 917 race car...

    greets taz

    Here's a pic...

    this might give you an idea...

    Re: Here's a pic...

    Why is the shifter in such an odd place/position?

    Re: Here's a pic...

    The spin on the C-GT shifter position is that it falls to the hand better way up high . Maybe so, but it reminds me of recent Toyota minivans . Ergonomically, it doesn't make sense . Instead of shifting with your right shoulder quiet at your side and your elbow at 90 degrees with the lower knob , some drivers will have to constantly lift their shoulder away from the body and suspend the elbow to shift -it could get tiring in certain situations.

    Re: Here's a pic...

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    The spin on the C-GT shifter position is that it falls to the hand better way up high . Maybe so, but it reminds me of recent Toyota minivans . Ergonomically, it doesn't make sense . Instead of shifting with your right shoulder quiet at your side and your elbow at 90 degrees with the lower knob , some drivers will have to constantly lift their shoulder away from the body and suspend the elbow to shift -it could get tiring in certain situations.



    Agree totally. While the top of the knob on the 917 may resemble the CGT knob the position certainly doesn't.

     
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