The Most Heinous Automobile Dashboards - A Visual Documentary

"Margin Of Error" (marginoferror)
11/10/2015 at 16:13 • Filed to: VISUAL DOCUMENTARY

Here at Jalopnik, we like driver-oriented dashboards with physical button, knobs, a proper key ignition between the seats with a nice and meaty leather wrapped manual shifter. Unfortunately, not all cars are made equal and some are, sadly, uncommonly dashboard-challenged. Let’s have a look at the worst automobile dashboards of all time, in no particular

Feel free to add your submissions in the kinjas below. Bonus points if you can you guess the cars without a reverse Bing image search.

DISCUSSION (63)

The Real Dacia Sandero > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:17

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:22

Later model Citroen 2CV

Buick Rietta (sp?)

1st Gen Honda Prelude

Saturn Ion

Nissan Quest

Pagani Huyara (sp?)

Aston Martin Lagonda

Chevy LUV

Nissan Sentra

BMW i3

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:22

Kinja'd!!!

I fail to see the problem with this. It's awesome.

Jcarr > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:22

Kinja'd!!!

Saturn SL1?

Jcarr > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:23

Kinja'd!!!

Nissan Quest

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:23

Kinja'd!!!

Quest?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:23

Kinja'd!!!

Again, AWESOME.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:23

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First generation Nissan Quest. Maybe. Not sure.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:23

Kinja'd!!!

Blech

Jcarr > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:23

Kinja'd!!!

Huayra. Doesn’t help that it says “Huayra” on the glovebox.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:23

The BMW and Spyker are awesome...

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:24

Kinja'd!!!

BMW I3

Margin Of Error > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/10/2015 at 16:24

Stuff of nightmares

Margin Of Error > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/10/2015 at 16:25

Looks like a Vegas casino... on Fairmont street.

Jcarr > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:25

One of the ugliest wheels I’ve ever seen:

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My citroen won't start > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:25

Your opinions are bad and you should feel bad.

Margin Of Error > Snuze: Needs another Swede
11/10/2015 at 16:27

Kinja'd!!!

dogisbadob > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:27

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This dash is awesome when fully lit up! The 4th gen Prelude

dogisbadob > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:27

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the Ion was such a piece of shit

Margin Of Error > Jcarr
11/10/2015 at 16:27

yea verily

dogisbadob > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
11/10/2015 at 16:27

thrid-gen Quest :p

Margin Of Error > dogisbadob
11/10/2015 at 16:28

It’s not getting any better with time.

Nibby > Jcarr
11/10/2015 at 16:29

CLOWN

dogisbadob > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:29

Kinja'd!!!

What’s wrong with this interior?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:29

But it's on the awesome side of crazy

dogisbadob > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:30

Kinja'd!!!

Not heinous, awesome!

Margin Of Error > dogisbadob
11/10/2015 at 16:30

The “anus”.

dogisbadob > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:30

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all-red interiors are cool, but not with shitty quality materials :(

Jcarr > Nibby
11/10/2015 at 16:32

Yep, I tried to find a representative picture, but couldn’t come up with one that was frowning and smiling at the same time.

Think about that, Mercedes.

dogisbadob > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:32

Kinja'd!!!

nice horn

El Rivinado > Jcarr
11/10/2015 at 16:33

No, it's an ION. I should know, my best friend has one as his first car. Every time I look at it, it makes me appreciate my Cadillac that much more.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:33

I really like the i3 interior... I wouldn’t buy one myself but its a nice place to spend time.

duurtlang > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:35

Kinja'd!!!

Citroën Visa. Nothing heinous about it. Just different . This, obviously, form the perspective of a cheap car released in the late 70s.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > dogisbadob
11/10/2015 at 16:38

I was close enough. I’ll take it.

DrScientist > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:52

Kinja'd!!!

AM lagonda. if only all of this weirdness worked. :)

DrScientist > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:54

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i dont know if these center dial positions were trying to emulate the Z8 or not, but they didn’t work. also, that center stack looks like it belongs on a boat.

DrScientist > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:54

Kinja'd!!!

is this the thing that goes in tony stark’s chest?

DrScientist > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:55

Kinja'd!!!

did they mount the steering wheel upside down?

DrScientist > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 16:56

Kinja'd!!!

itschrome > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 17:01

I don’t believe you’re allowed to add the Huayra and Lagonda to this list.. No matter how right you are.

coelacanthist > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 17:09

Kinja'd!!!

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 17:21

That’s not new to me. But how many did I get right? Because I’m sure theres at least 2 I got right.

kanadanmajava1 > Snuze: Needs another Swede
11/10/2015 at 17:32

I think that the first one is from a Citroën Visa.

Ike > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/10/2015 at 17:33

I replaced mine with a newer one when I still had my saturn, world of difference

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C62030 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/10/2015 at 17:36

A rare occurrence of a hideous two-spoke wheel.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 17:51

Actually, I like ALL of these dashboards and I say they’re all GREAT. Wanna see a crappy/heinous dashboard? Have a look at the Chevette’s with the exposed screw heads:

Kinja'd!!!

Amoore100 > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 18:19

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Nissanigsegg?

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Amoore100 > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 18:24

90’s GM just looked like someone puking a lot of grey plastic:

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Gotta remember that last one made it well into the 2000s...

TheAnswerIsAlwaysCitroën > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 18:26

HEY! Nobody calls a dashboard from Citroëns quirky era heinous, not on my watch anyway! Take that back, or I’ll dunk you in stale LHM!

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Amoore100
11/10/2015 at 18:30

Second pic: Cavalier.

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > Margin Of Error
11/10/2015 at 18:31

Kinja'd!!!

Heinous

LoveTheWagon > Snuze: Needs another Swede
11/10/2015 at 18:34

4th Gen Honda Prelude

Amoore100 > BaconSandwich is tasty.
11/10/2015 at 20:55

Yep. Still mid nineties GM nastiness...

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Amoore100
11/10/2015 at 22:36

My wife has a Cavalier. She got it before we met. It might not be as nice as my Civic, but it has been cheap to maintain and easy to work on.

Amoore100 > BaconSandwich is tasty.
11/10/2015 at 23:43

I’ve heard that Cavaliers are kind of cockroach like: somewhat ugly and badly designed but durable and endearingly faithful all the time. I can totally respect that in anything, even a 90’s GM shitbox...

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Ike
11/11/2015 at 07:48

Still kind of ugh, but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.

Margin Of Error > DrScientist
11/11/2015 at 08:15

Looks like they put a microwave oven behind the “steering wheel”