My car has both digital and analog on the dash.
The position of the needle on the dial is easier to see with peripheral vision, versus numbers.
Some cars have a digital speedo HUD displayed on the windshield. I find it too distracting.
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I see all these things about the digital gauges breaking on them and I find it pretty funny that out of every car I ever had/had access to, only one ever had the speedometer fail, and it was an analogue one. The needle itself on the display broke and would just swing back and forth wildly. I used my phone to get a speedometer app that used the gyro in the phone until I could get it fixed.
Why not both?
That's what my car does and I'll be honest I never look at the analog one anymore. Digital speed right in the center of my dash.
I have a Yaris with both.
Car manufacturers won't spend extra on a fancy feature unless they can't sell without it. That's why most cars have such nasty low-res screens for the entertainment system, when a nice high res one (like the one you have in your phone) would only cost a few quid more.
Cognitive load. Good operator experience, user interface, you want the operator of the vehicle to require the least amount of thinking to know about the vehicle. It's critical data they'll need an emergency is, and in emergencies, people's cognitive abilities go down quite a bit.
Just think about how you turn the radio down to find an address on the street, multiply that times a thousand. That's how people think in an emergency
My friend has a newish Nissan Leaf electric car which has an analog speedometer. That baffles me since everything else is digital.
My old Scion had a digital one. I think it’s an aesthetic preference.
You're aware that luxury cars may have both, e.g. Aston Martin DB11
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