We'd prefer real metal to the plastic; the Toyota RAV4 (see "Test Drives: 2001 Toyota RAV4") dash with its real hexagonal nuts achieves the machine-age effect without being as overt as the Frontier setup, but the Frontier's cockpit styling still beats the uninspired interiors you'll find in most trucks.
Cadillac's newest digital-control suite -- currently in its sporty CTS model and slated for inclusion in all models beginning in 2004 -- still features the old cockpit-style array of knobs and buttons.
To that end, it has updated the interiors of its Xterra SUV and Frontier with cockpit-style gauges, silver-toned plastic trim pieces with faux bolt dimples, and factory-style knobs for the climate controls.
GM, Toyota and others are toying with ideas such as cockpit-style displays that show icons of cars that pose a threat; audible signals; and vibrating seats and steering wheels.
In January, we criticized the SLK's "cramped cockpit, soft styling and underpowered engine".
Although Mercedes-Benz representatives blamed the dip on the vehicle's lame-duck status, our hunch is that it probably had to do with its cramped cockpit, soft styling and underpowered engine.
They have looked at a jet-fighter style cockpit canopy and a forward roll structure, which is the one that is being most actively pursued.
In a mere 15 days he came up with the Batmobile, a sleek black-with-red-pinstripes craft with rakish fins and a fighter plane-style cockpit.
The MR gets a nifty little cockpit with nice, sporty style.
A streamliner rookie whose cockpit also includes aviation-style joysticks, DiSalvo has a straightforward explanation for the hand throttle.
Let's do this one bullet-point style, shall we? – Cockpit: Sit your carcass down at the wheel of the SE-R, and you'll know you're not in a typical midsize machine.
