Consumers accustomed to having a rich array of music, social media and Web access at their fingertips through smartphones and tablet devices such as the iPad, want access to their digital lives behind the wheel.
The hipsters' fondness for all things twee and retro - baking cupcakes, riding fixed-wheel bikes, using Polaroid cameras instead of digital - meant Christmas jumpers could be re-cast as modish.
Garmin K2 features a 10-inch glove-friendly multi-touch screen at the center of the dash and a digital and reconfigurable 12- inch instrument panel behind the steering wheel.