Toyota Soarer (Z20)

1986–1991

Cluster: Electroluminescent: cars with this instrument cluster
Centre display: Touchscreen

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Cockpit, Toyota Soarer (Z20)

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Toyota Soarer (Z20), photo 1Cockpit · “Osaka Auto Messe 2022 (370) - Toyota SOARER 2.0GT TWIN TURBO (E-GZ20) restored and tuned by TOYOTA AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF KOBE” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons

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Toyota Soarer (Z20)Cockpit · “Osaka Auto Messe 2022 (370) - Toyota SOARER 2.0GT TWIN TURBO (E-GZ20) restored and tuned by TOYOTA AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF KOBE” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
Toyota Soarer (Z30)Cockpit · “Toyota E-JZZ31 Soarer 3.0GT (4466184859)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Masayuki (Yuki) Kawagishi · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons

Summary

In January 1986 the second Soarer introduced the Space Vision Meter, digital instruments seen through a mirror so that they seem to float beyond the dashboard; the top 3.0GT Limited could add a colour CRT and an LCD touch panel.

Specifications

Years: 1986–19911980s: cars launched in the 1980s
Chassis code: Z20
Markets: JDM
Instrument cluster: Electroluminescent: cars with this instrument cluster
Centre display: Touchscreen
Infotainment: Electro Multivision (colour CRT)1986–1991 (3.0GT Limited option)
Multi Control Panel (LCD touch panel)1986–1988
Input: Physical buttons
Climate: Physical controls
Successor: Toyota Soarer (Z30), 1991–2001
Era: Digital dashboards1976–1995

Cockpit

Instrument cluster

Standard on every Z20, the meter places its digital readouts optically at a distance, so the eye refocuses less between road and instruments. The January 1988 facelift restyled it slightly.

Centre display

Electro Multivision (colour CRT)

Mounted in the centre stack. Data cassettes loaded into the tape deck showed equipment instructions and expressway maps, but the system could not show the car's position. TV could be watched only briefly while parked.

Multi Control Panel (LCD touch panel)

One LCD touch panel that switched between air-conditioning, radio and cassette controls.

Controls

Climate controls are buttons, except on 3.0GT Limited cars with the Multi Control Panel built before the January 1988 facelift.

Facts

Toyota counts the Space Vision Meter, introduced with this Soarer in January 1986, as a world first.[1]
Electro Multivision first appeared in January 1985 in the instrument panel of the previous Soarer's 3.0GT Limited, which Toyota called the first CRT system in a mass-production car.[5][6]

Sources

[1]Toyota Motor Corporation. Soarer, 2nd generation (Vehicle Lineage, 75 Years of Toyota) (opens in a new tab). toyota-global.com
[2]Ate Up With Motor. High-Tech High Roller: 1981–2001 Toyota Soarer Z10, Z20, and Z30 (page 3) (opens in a new tab). ateupwithmotor.com
[3]Wikipedia. Toyota Soarer (opens in a new tab). en.wikipedia.org
[4]Wikipedia (Japanese). トヨタ・ソアラ (Toyota Soarer) (opens in a new tab). ja.wikipedia.org
[5]Toyota Motor Corporation. Toyota Introduces Electro Multivision (7 January 1985) (opens in a new tab). global.toyota
[6]SAE International. Development of Toyota Electro Multivision (SAE Technical Paper 860175) (opens in a new tab). saemobilus.sae.org

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