The driver of the first Corvette, in 1953, was welcomed by a lovely fan of numbers — a sweeping, eye-catching speedometer denominated in 10-mile-per-hour intervals up to 160. The display offered a stark representation of speed.
By contrast, the instrument panel of the next-generation Corvette, which made its public debut here last week at the North American International Auto Show, offers a tachometer formed of seven big numerals surrounding a translucent, ghostly image of the car — suggesting the 3-D cyberspace world of “Tron.” This tachometer emphasizes the 450 horsepower pumped out by a new V-8 engine. But that’s just one way of looking at what the car is doing.
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The New York Times