The assorted gauges, dials, read-outs, vents, knobs, cup holders, trims, details and even the leather on the seats should be instantly identifiable regardless of the model car one is driving.
It has sculpted metal dials for the air vents; oversized knobs; a neat, fold-down aluminum cover that hides the radio; thickly ribbed leather seats; and chrome door levers it's both fun and kind of dominatrix kinky, and that might just excite you-know-who.
Credit goes to the Viggen's unique ovoid dash, with its smart joystick-controlled air vents at either end (a little knob on each vent can be tilted to move air in any direction), gauges in the middle and all audio and temperature switches somehow right in the corner of the driver's eye.
Mr. Batali, displaying the kitchen, couldn't resist one demonstration and reached for the knob of the hooded vent above the stove, then revved the exhaust fan (1,200 c.f.m. -- cubic feet per minute) like the handlebar throttle of a motorcycle.
Yep, sure, the readouts and knobs, the dashboard and switches, it all comes in silver or gray, but the shapes themselves are oversized and round, with every vent hole and gauge and HVAC knob an echo of that shape on a larger or smaller scale.
Cambridge's Minx Xi is not dramatically different from what you might expect of any home theatre or hi-fi stereo component device; it's essentially a black box (or white, if you choose that option) with ample venting on top, a face with knobs and buttons, and a rear with the majority of inputs and outputs.
From the nearly overkill repeated rings (just for starters, you'll find these on the bezel surrounding the shifter, on the shift knob itself, and for the vent and seat heater controls) to the dimples on these rings, everything looked like vestigial remnants from a mad machinist's workshop.
Make sure that all buttons, knobs and vents move easily when the pieces are in places.
Those details extend inside: press the "start" button and the metallic vent covers pivot open while a rotary shift knob rises from the center console like the Armageddon button in a James Bond movie.
