Real gauges suck, actually. Because it's usually quite difficult to read anything but very approximate values from one. If you can read your analog speedometer at a glance to anything closer than ~10 MPH, you've got better eyeballs than I do. Though admittedly that's partially because those are so compressed in current Porsches, both Caymans and 991's, with numbers every 25 MPH instead of 10. Similarly, the two temperature gauges are very approximate compared to the digital ones available on the MFD. Not that I really care that much beyond "oil is up to temp," but there's no question that the digital versions are much more functional.
Not everything is good just because it's old and traditional. There's a lot things to complain about in those images of the new interior, but more LCD instruments aren't one of them.
I am sincerely hoping, for example, that they haven't screwed up the mode selector as much as it appears they did, and haven't eliminated manual shifting with the shifter entirely. A lot in those photos are clearly temporary jury rigs for a test mule, not what you'll see in a production car.
If it didn't, they would have to add layers of goo or undercoating to sound deaden the car. Sports cars, relatively speaking, are supposed to be light. Now add all that emissions, mpg stuff and the want lighter and lighter. See 0 to 62mph. OFFICIAL.: 2012 All-New Porsche 911 (991): Light Weight Construction Body.
