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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 09:10 AM
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Looks like Nissan is finally figuring out what early C4 'Atari dash' owners have been enjoying for twenty-some odd years!

More modern in design, here's the dash from their new all electric car the Leaf.






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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 09:18 AM
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Modern implementation of the digital dash will not hurt the C4 in terms of resale.

I like the Nissan dash. Looks like it's for a hybrid?
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Relic
I like the Nissan dash. Looks like it's for a hybrid?
pure electric plug in car
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 12:48 PM
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I like the Nissan dash, too.
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 01:27 PM
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Saw something similar in a rental Ford hybrid I was in, full glass dash they look cool. I wish I had a good way to improve the function of my dash without losing the classic look.
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 01:55 PM
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I wish they would have stuck with the atari instrument cluster in the later C4 model years. They could have taken the basic layout of the early C4 atari dash and really improved upon it.
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 96polovette
I wish they would have stuck with the atari instrument cluster in the later C4 model years. They could have taken the basic layout of the early C4 atari dash and really improved upon it.
Not me, I wish I had a full white face analog dash.
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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Not me, I wish I had a full white face analog dash.
Did you see the price on some of the conversions to analog gauges for early C4's? I nearly fell out of my seat when i saw them.
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by GlennS87
Did you see the price on some of the conversions to analog gauges for early C4's? I nearly fell out of my seat when i saw them.
About $800?

If you really want it, that's not outrageous. I'll stick with the Atari though.
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6 gauge kit is $759 but you're losing one readout compared to the "atari". The 8 gauge kit is around $1750.00 Given in most cases a rebuilt atari is under $200, I do think it is excessive but what do I know.
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No telling what it would look like now after 28 years of improvements but it could be the standard for all digital instrumentation. The new items and layouts that could of been added would be unlimited.
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