VW up! Concept Gives First Glance at iCar?
Earlier, we'd reported that Volkswagen and Apple were collaborating on an iCar project, so it was a bit surprising when VW's rear-engined up! Concept Car was introduced in Frankfurt, and a close-up of the dash's navigation, climate, and in-car entertainment screen revealed a suspiciously Mac OS-eqsue interface, with Mac screen fonts, Mac reflections, and even Mac-like universal pictograms for each function.
The similarity was so uncanny that we magnified the picture and upped its contrast to make double-check. Now, this may just be graphic designers within VW paying homage to Apple, or it could be a harbinger of things to come from the House that Jobs and Woz Built.
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