The interior is lush, with an enormous 17-inch video touchscreen dominating the center console.
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Laminated and milled-wood detailing delivers a fresh, topographical map-like visual interest throughout the cabin-length center console.
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It has a dirty coffee cup in the center console that's been there I believe since 2009.
The dual-clutch transmission works via buttons in the center console that change the car from park to drive.
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The car does offer plenty of technology, starting with the iPad-like 17-inch touch screen in the center console.
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The driver can intentionally switch over to a charging mode by pressing another button on the center console.
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The center console area includes the palm shifter (inspired by a PC mouse) for the "by wire" drive selector.
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The seats in the MK 9, for example, are attached to the center console, to give maximum rear-seat legroom.
The center console looks like a layer cake, with a large screen sitting atop several rows of buttons and knobs.
In the end, they compromised with one token cupholder--a technical marvel that springs from the center console, spreading its tiny arms.
The eight-speed Tiptronic transmission slips through the gears seamlessly, with the center console-mounted gearshift providing sequential manual access to each cog.
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Positioned centrally on the center console is a 10.2-inch touchscreen that is framed by an aluminum surround and central air vents.
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Instead of a rear bench, a center console separates dual bucket seats.
The navigation system further affords the ability to input destinations using fingertip handwriting recognition via a laptop computer-like touchpad on the center console.
In fact, a little computer on the CJ1's center console calculates rotation speed to the knot, based on temperature, altitude and weight aboard.
The transmission was excellent in automatic mode, and manual shift is still accessible by pulling the center console-mounted gear selector to the left.
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Push the backlit engine-start button and the dashboard air vents automatically rotate open while the rotary shift knob rises up from the center console.
Somewhere near 53rd Street I remembered a saving grace: ECO mode, achieved by pushing and holding down the Drive knob in the center console.
The iPhone is linked to the car through the center console either via the USB cable, supplied with the phone, or through an available snap-in adapter.
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The case is secured in a recess above the twin drinks holders in the center console and can be easily slipped into a pocket or bag.
Fiber-optic ambient lighting in the load compartment visually extends the line drawn by the center console all the way from the instrument panel through to the rear seats.
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The biggest one is the touchscreen on the center console.
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When the iPads are not in use or when the "iBusiness" is parked they can be stored securely and hidden from sight in custom-tailored compartments in the BRABUS center console.
Recycled materials are also used for the back door trim, roof trim and headliner, carpeting and a number of other interior pieces such as the door panels and center console storage cover.
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In the center console is the very appealing touch-screen navigation and audio controller, which will synch up with your phone and play your music library wirelessly through the bright, fearsome Fender audio system.
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Its iDrive user interface consists of an LCD panel mounted in the dashboard and a controller knob mounted on the center console, and it controls a vast and disparate number of functions in BMWs.
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What you won't hear McGovern boast about is the telematics (GPS and other interactive systems) monitor that hides in the center console, or the paddle-control automatic transmission shifter that resides on the steering column.
Pull out the trays for the center console.
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The CT200h brings a large cup of Lexus luxe to its interior, with plush, comfortable seating, a fat, tightly stitched steering wheel, a center console festooned with the latest technology and a top-notch audio system.
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