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Nissan CUE-X dashboard 1985

Oldest source I could find: 1985 Nissan CUE-X - Concepts

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Man I miss that aesthetic so much. Today's style is just too bland for me.

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- Most cars in that era were insanely bland as well. And this particular image isn't even from a production car, it's a concept. If we are just looking at awesome exceptions from these days, then Honda E or Hyundai Ioniq 5 could make the list and you can actually buy and drive them.
  
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  I know it's a concept, and modern manufacturers wouldn't consider making a car with that style today anyway. I just wish there were more goods to buy that looked like they came out of Star Trek: TNG instead of the modern "sleek" design.
  
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  "Shut up!" They hated them because they spoke the truth.
  
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Wow, a car stereo with a large display like that is surprisingly advanced for 1985! I wonder if this is really a CRT, or a multi-segment display made to look like one

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- It's a segmented display. Color display on consumer computers was to expensive at the time. because of the limited memory you could either have high resolution or few colors and low resolution, and high resolution was required if you need text.
  
  My guess is that all displays have fixed segments and warning lights that can only be turned on or of.
  
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- Nissan loved to cram technology in their cars. See for example the GTR-34 in the 90s that has a full size LCD and real-time readouts on it, which was very usfule to tuners, hence it's prominence in the scene
  
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  That, plus the brilliant performance.
  
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- I had a 1988 Buick Reatta with a CRT in it. Only had one color in it though... Green....... Looked like a terminal from fallout. I miss that car.
  
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  That's COOL!
  
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- To me, it has the fuzzy look of a low res mid 80s CRT monitor. It doesn't look like a VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display) to me, though I am pretty sure the clock may be one.
  
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That’s fucking awesome. I’d love that console right now but with updated technology.

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- https://www.pinterest.com/pin/460915343095293962/
  
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  Wow that's so much worse...
  
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This screams cyberpunk to me and I love it

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- Cyberpunk is the 2nd related aesthetic in Cassette Futurism page of the Aesthetics Wiki. There is some overlap.
  
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  Ah, explains why I'm so into cassette futurism or "vaporwave" lol
  
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Everyone here is simping for the display, while this car had a CD player in 1985. Do you understand how wild that was?

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- It was pretty early! The first DiscMan came out in 1984 and I think the first aftermarket CD car stereo turned up the same year.
  
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- This is probably about the time Sony discmans were becoming usable, so it seems about right. Those first generation players couldn't handle vibrations at all, but this was about the time things came together.
  
  But, yeah, wouldn't have been common
  
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Nissan Trek: The Next Generation

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That looks cool

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It had a LASER RADAR!

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- LADAR!
  
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This is more.pleasing than that Italdesign approach

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