The digital display of the new Ford GT – PanamaOn

This digital display is automatically reconfigured from five different modes of driving, from Normal to Track, which ensures that the driver has the most relevant information in every situation behind the wheel, in an easy to read format.

Like in the cockpit of the aircraft and in the cockpit of the racing cars, the new Ford GT has a panel fully digital dashboard that delivers information quickly and easily to the driver from five driving modes special.

The innovative digital panel ten inches is a great improvement on the Ford GT original, which was equipped with a box connected directly to a fixed set of indicators, buttons, and analog sticks distributed by the commander that they had to respond to all kinds of situations.
“The concentration and attention of the driver are very important to these levels of performance”, says Jamal Hameedi, chief engineer of Ford Performance. the “We’ve designed the GT with an instrument panel that changes according to the driving mode so that it is more relevant and useful to the driver”.

The engineers and designers of Ford created this board controls digital of last generation’s 10 inches wide so that was customizable, sleek and capable of delivering specific information to each driving mode, to help ensure that users that want to bring the Ford GT to the limit, get the data they need to make decisions on the steering wheel in the most efficient way possible.
The program Ford GT had a unique opportunity to reinvent the instrument panel to expand what you can do to a car, connected and advancing the future of Ford vehicles. Its design has been carried out on the basis of what data are most important, when you lack to display them, and how to display that information in the most convenient way so that it can be processed by the driver. The design has been implemented in a high-resolution screen that fits perfectly in the handy cabin. The data is displayed in sharp graphics and high contrast.

To test the initial design, the champion of Le Mans, Scott Maxwell, Multimatic, was invited to the simulation laboratory of the Ford GT to offer feedback. Maxwell suggested that he change the tachometer to provide an expanded view of the red line of the EcoBoost V6 that would allow for a greater peripheral visibility. The racing driver also recommended certain changes in the prioritization of the performance information.

As the design team began to take prototypes to the roads, Ford Performance began to contact with suppliers able to offer a screen of the latest generation. The Ford designers and engineers worked hand-in-hand with Pektron (for the electronic design, development, implementation and manufacturing) and Conjure (for graphic design) to create renders accurate and thoroughly encouraged that include typographical fonts, highlights, colors, and a great level of response, and also avoid the distractions of drivers and eye fatigue.
You can easily have access to the five driving modes via controls located on the steering wheel to keep your eyes and attention on the road and hands on the steering wheel. Each mode presents the information differently, prioritizing what is critical to each environment and adjusting the display to the given context.

How the information is displayed graphically in each driving mode?:

• The normal mode displays the information in a direct manner and almost business. The theme is simple; the speedometer is in the center and highlights, the selection of gear is to the right, the indicators and fuel temperature are in the upper left. The tachometer, with the shape of a hockey stick, is shown so compressed for the rpm lower, because the engine revs so fast that the lower numbers do not mean virtually nothing to the driver. The range between 3,000 and 7,000 rpm dominates the top of the screen
• The wet way incorporates many of the concepts of information in the normal way, adding a blue theme and the concept of “wet floor”. The graphics of below the speedometer emulate the shine of the wet asphalt, to remind the driver that the mode is activated
• The sport mode adjusts the priorities of information. To the front and in the center is the selection of march, while the speedometer is way less prominent on the far right. It is designed in an aggressive frame of orange and is the preferred mode of the majority of drivers test
• The track mode presents a sober combination of black background and text and graphics, high readability in a crisp red theme that the eye can catch easily in an environment of rapid movement. The selection of gear and the engine speed are displayed prominently, while the refrigeration temperature, the pressure and temperature of oil and fuel levels, which are displayed as a percentage rather than kilometers, are located in
• mode V-Max offers an entirely different look, fully functional and simplified. It has been designed for those who seek to reach the maximum speed, and displays a speedometer of a large size located in the center, with the tachometer reduced to a single line with a points indicator to avoid distractions. The coolant temperature, oil pressure, oil temperature and the turbo is positioned to the right, and the levels of fuel in the top left to the bottom right corner

“We’ve spent an enormous amount of time to do this well,” says Nick Terzes, supervising engineer of the Ford GT. “The result is easy, but getting the perfectly simple can be a challenge“.
Joey Hand, winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the wheel of a Ford GT, was enthusiastic at the different driving modes during a recent visit to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. the “This is exactly what I see when I see it”,, he said. the “you Have done a great job”. The GT is not the only Ford vehicle that will receive technology of instrument panel full digital. This innovation will come to other Ford vehicles in the future, another example of how the constant evolution of the range and Performance of Ford’s supposed improvements to the vehicles of all our users.