I hate that others have jumped on the door handle trends. It’s like apple being “brave enough” to remove the headphone port. My car at least has the electric switch and mechanical backup on the same handle. I don’t love it, but you can’t get trapped inside.
I don’t see how prospective car buyers can see shit like that and not see it as indicative of much larger design issues lurking under the hood.
Like, how do you see that and not immediately question the safety concerns of adding additional steps to escape the vehicle if there is an accident and the electric door loses power? How do you from there not question what other poor design decisions may have been made if something so obvious got through? Do people just not think about the things they’re spending 10s of thousands of dollars on?
I think that most people just don’t think about such details. Personally I wouldn’t. I’d think about the ergonomics of the unlock mechanism when it works as intended, which sucks, by the way.
But I wouldn’t really think about safety. It’s not my job. I would assume the industrial designer did their job, and that the regulator did theirs.
A lot of prospective car buyers like the thing based on the few details they interact with during a test drive and don’t think any further ahead, just like with everything else in their lives.
For real. Mechanical handle hidden under the rubber cupholder is wild. As a European I’m amazed that it’s legal.
I hate that others have jumped on the door handle trends. It’s like apple being “brave enough” to remove the headphone port. My car at least has the electric switch and mechanical backup on the same handle. I don’t love it, but you can’t get trapped inside.
I don’t see how prospective car buyers can see shit like that and not see it as indicative of much larger design issues lurking under the hood.
Like, how do you see that and not immediately question the safety concerns of adding additional steps to escape the vehicle if there is an accident and the electric door loses power? How do you from there not question what other poor design decisions may have been made if something so obvious got through? Do people just not think about the things they’re spending 10s of thousands of dollars on?
I think that most people just don’t think about such details. Personally I wouldn’t. I’d think about the ergonomics of the unlock mechanism when it works as intended, which sucks, by the way.
But I wouldn’t really think about safety. It’s not my job. I would assume the industrial designer did their job, and that the regulator did theirs.
A lot of prospective car buyers like the thing based on the few details they interact with during a test drive and don’t think any further ahead, just like with everything else in their lives.
Someone else posted a photo. It appears to be an obvious lever, not hidden under the cupholder.
Front passenger seat only.
Both front seats, though apparently back is under the door pocket.