 A dashboard from a 1940s car
 A modern Formula 1 car has all its gauges mounted on the steering wheel A dashboard or dash board in an automobile is a panel located under the windscreen and containing indicators and dials such as the tachometer, speedometer, odometer, and fuel gauge. One of the safety enhancements of the 1970s was the widespread adoption of padded dashboards. In the 1990s, driver's side airbags became mandatory and passenger-side airbags became widespread. The dashboard of an MG model TC, built from 1946 into 1949. ...
The dashboard of an MG model TC, built from 1946 into 1949. ...
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Photograph of the dashboard of a Bentley Continental GT taken by SamH at the 2003 Goodwood Festival of Speed. ...
Photograph of the dashboard of a Bentley Continental GT taken by SamH at the 2003 Goodwood Festival of Speed. ...
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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x677, 208 KB) Summary The dash of a Hayabusa Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x677, 208 KB) Summary The dash of a Hayabusa Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
The 2005 GSX1300R Hayabusa Limited Ed. ...
Photograph of a Toyota Formula One cars steering wheel taken by SamH at the 2003 Goodwood Festival of Speed. ...
Photograph of a Toyota Formula One cars steering wheel taken by SamH at the 2003 Goodwood Festival of Speed. ...
Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...
An automobile is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own motor. ...
The windshield or windscreen of an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, is the front window. ...
A tachometer is a device used for measuring the speed of a moving body or substance (from Greek: tachos = speed, metron = measure). ...
Speedometer gauge on a car, showing the speed of the vehicle in miles and kilometre per hour on the out– and inside respectively. ...
An odometer is a device used for indicating distance traveled by an automobile or other vehicle. ...
A fuel gauge (or gas gauge) is an instrument used to indicate the level of fuel contained in a tank. ...
The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...
An automobile airbag, like this one in a crashed SEAT Ibiza car, deflates after 0. ...
Types of dashboards
There are a wide variety of dashboards used in various applications.
Lawn mowers, farm tractors, and earlier automobiles sometimes have little more than a steering wheel and ignition switch.
Custom-built coupé race cars often simply have a piece of sheet metal that forms the dash. Whenever a new gauge needs to be added, a hole is drilled in the appropriate location and it is simply screwed on. It has been suggested that Gauge (engineering) be merged into this article or section. ...
Open wheel race cars have no space for a dash, so the instrument cluster is integrated into the center of the steering wheel. Modern Formula One Renault 1993 Indy Car Open wheel car is a term for cars, usually purpose built racecars, with the wheels located outside the cars main body, as distinct from cars which have their wheels below the body or fenders, in the manner of most street cars, stock...
Motorcycles and mopeds have a compressed version of car dashes, but sometimes have enough room to contain tape decks, GPS navigation, and the like. A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ...
A moped is a motorized two-wheeled vehicle subject to local speed regulations. ...
Over fifty GPS satellites such as this NAVSTAR have been launched since 1978. ...
When car radios became available, they were mounted on or underneath mid-20th-century car dashboards.
Things found on a dashboard Many different things are mounted on dashboards. The most important items located on the dashboard are the steering wheel and the instrument cluster. An instrument cluster contains instrument gauges such as a speedometer, tachometer, odometer, and fuel gauge. A modern road cars steering wheel A modern Formula One cars steering wheel has buttons and knobs to control various functions A steering wheel is a type of steering control used in most modern land vehicles, including all mass-production automobiles. ...
Speedometer gauge on a car, showing the speed of the vehicle in miles and kilometre per hour on the out– and inside respectively. ...
A tachometer is a device used for measuring the speed of a moving body or substance (from Greek: tachos = speed, metron = measure). ...
An odometer is a device used for indicating distance traveled by an automobile or other vehicle. ...
A fuel gauge (or gas gauge) is an instrument used to indicate the level of fuel contained in a tank. ...
The top of a dashboard usually contains speakers for the audio system, and vents for the heating and A/C system. A glovebox is often found on the passenger side.
In more modern cars, automotive navigation systems are mounted in the dashboard. An Automotive navigation system is a satellite navigation system deigned for use in automobiles. ...
 The dashboard controls indicate the speed of a car.
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