It’s unclear what the next decade will bring in regard to the automotive industry, but one designer has taken a shot at what a Cadillac cockpit could look like in 2025.
Really, the rendering seems to be for fun because we doubt any car’s cabin will look this futuristic in just eight years. Bear in mind, vehicle interiors haven’t changed too drastically from eight years ago today. The design comes from Ray Yu and was posted to Behance, which countless changes to make it look future-forward.
The traditional steering wheel is replaced with a U-shaped unit and traditional dials and knobs are absent. It hardly looks ergonomic. But for its lack of ergonomics, it looks stylish. Crisp, chiseled lines are present as the interior becomes more of a place to relax than actually drive. The windshield also becomes a screen when autonomous mode is engaged, which can display an array of things.
Loving it? Not digging it? Sound off below if you feel so compelled. For a closer look at the true future of Cadillac interiors, the Escala concept is our best designator.
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A U-shaped steering wheel is a no-no from a crash protection perspective: imagine slamming your head / eye on the top of the left or right U-leg…
Imagine that the GM 1958 Firebird III prototype had a drive-by-wire system guided by a joystick… now that was revolutionary and future-looking!
We’ve already seen steering wheels like that in ’50s and early to mid ’60s Dream Cars except those had much more interesting Jet Age control layouts and design details. This interior looks like it’s designed to disappear like some kind of aesthetic white noise machine allowing the busy plutocrat/techie up and comer to focus on their smartphone/tablet while sipping $7.00 lattes with minimal disruption. If Ray were really thinking, he’d integrate a Jura Z6 into the dash which should come as standard equipment, sparing the important Cosmopolitan traveler’s personal assistant the hassle of parking and waiting in a long line at Peet’s.
Cadillac is having enough trouble with the CUE system already…. just imagine having NO buttons of knobs…. no thanks.
Imagine, having no knobs…..
This is just a concept drawing that holds 50% or less things that could see production.
Like it he cars from the 50’s we will not see a yoke wheel.
If the drawings came from Cadillac, that would be a guarantee that 98.9% of it would never see production.
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What, “never happen”, as in that woman becoming Prez?
Just sayin’
One would think future cars would have a joystick at best especially if we’re going to enter an autonomous era where manual driving will be like manual transmissions, it’s something that might be available in some cars as an option for the ‘enthusiast’ that still want some excitement in driving; some drivers may even want to disable the car’s overwatch mode which prevents a driver in manual mode to break driving laws.
That steering wheel looks like something from a video game in a bar back in the 1980’s .
With all of the autonomous car research and touch screens minus any buttons for infotainment and climate controls plus driver info centers ( DIC ) including push button start , how much longer will steering wheels even be needed .
Maybe that is far into the future .
Looks like a student rendering where these guys/gals can work with designers at auto manufacturers as part of their training and part of their degrees for the sector . I think it would be awesome to actually work withe people that take a drawing and produce a clay model of a car that could possibly be produced in the future . That kind of talent is something not everybody has or can do .
That interior looks like a 1980 video game arcade. Something we played with as kids. Utterly silly for a futuristic vehicle and looks like it was rendered by a kid.