A week ago Dodge released two photos of its upcoming 2013 Dart’s exterior, along with some basic mechanical specs, which you can read here. Today, it’s showing off two glimpses of the compact’s insides. The two closely framed images show the instrument cluster and the center stack. Dodge says there will be plenty of soft-touch material throughout the Dart’s cabin, and we have little reason to doubt this. The automaker’s recent offerings all have vastly improved interiors. If you need more proof, check out the red-stitched dashboard seen in the photo above.
One of the Dart’s cooler features is an available TFT multifunction screen stuffed into the gauge cluster. In addition to its surprisingly Audi-like appearance, the screen is reconfigurable. The only two analog gauges are a tachometer to the left, and a fuel gauge to the right. Speed can be displayed as a numerical readout, or the driver can summon up a digitized analog speedometer. One noteworthy upscale feature is the option to display the current speed limit in the corner of the screen.
A Uconnect touch screen also will be available, and like in other Uconnect Chrysler products of late, navigation prompts can be displayed in the instrument cluster. There’s also an available heated steering wheel and lots of ambient lighting. That ambient lighting, seen in the photos as a glowing red band wrapped around the instrument cluster and center stack, was designed to mimic the “racetrack” lighting of the Dart’s LED taillights. It looks like there’s enough of the red stuff for it to no longer be considered “ambient,” but we’ll wait until we see the interior in person to make any judgments. Oh, and the glovebox can hold an iPad. The 2013 Dart will premier at the Detroit auto show in January, before going on sale sometime in 2012.
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