The Good News
But hey, the more interesting story with legacy automakers is in the interior anyway. Besides the ongoing software battle (Polestar will have a Chinese-specific OS replacing the ROTW-Android version), tech companies today focus on autonomy and electrification. Few think about new user experience design.
Lexus does.
The LM features heavy design clues from the interior design of airplanes. Rings a bell? Sure, airplanes were the inspiration for all postwar car models after WW2.
Now, Lexus goes after the latest business class experience of today’s world of aviation. But it’s a car. Does that make sense? Let’s look at the actual design: