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The center console (British English
British English

British English or UK English is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere....
: centre console) in an automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 refers to the control-bearing surfaces in the center of the front of the vehicle interior. The term is applied to the area beginning in the dashboard
Dashboard

A dashboard, dash, "dial and switch housing", and sometimes fascia is a Control panel located under the windshield of an automobile....
 and continuing beneath it, and often merging with the transmission tunnel which runs between the front driver's and passenger's seats
Car seat

A car seat is the chair used in automobiles. Most car seats are made from cheap, but durable materials, made to withstand as much beating as possible....
 of many vehicles.

Traditionally vehicles with a gear stick
Gear stick

A gear stick is the lever used to change gear in a vehicle, such as an automobile, with manual transmission or several common forms of automatic transmission....
 have placed this control where the two areas of console and tunnel merge, or at the rear-most end of the console in front-wheel-drive vehicles without transmission tunnels.






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The center console (British English
British English

British English or UK English is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere....
: centre console) in an automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 refers to the control-bearing surfaces in the center of the front of the vehicle interior. The term is applied to the area beginning in the dashboard
Dashboard

A dashboard, dash, "dial and switch housing", and sometimes fascia is a Control panel located under the windshield of an automobile....
 and continuing beneath it, and often merging with the transmission tunnel which runs between the front driver's and passenger's seats
Car seat

A car seat is the chair used in automobiles. Most car seats are made from cheap, but durable materials, made to withstand as much beating as possible....
 of many vehicles.

Traditionally vehicles with a gear stick
Gear stick

A gear stick is the lever used to change gear in a vehicle, such as an automobile, with manual transmission or several common forms of automatic transmission....
 have placed this control where the two areas of console and tunnel merge, or at the rear-most end of the console in front-wheel-drive vehicles without transmission tunnels. In some modern vehicles – particularly vans – the gear stick
Gear stick

A gear stick is the lever used to change gear in a vehicle, such as an automobile, with manual transmission or several common forms of automatic transmission....
 is mounted in the front, more vertical part of the center console to be within better reach of the driver without requiring a long stalk
Stalk

Stalk may refer to:...
.

Increasingly, center consoles include a wide variety of storage compartments and cupholders, some of them with refrigerator
Refrigerator

A refrigerator is a cooling appliance comprising a thermal insulation compartment and a heat pump - a mechanism to transfer heat from it to the external environment, cooling the contents to a temperature below ambient....
, in addition to the more traditional use as purely a surface for instrumentation
Instrumentation

Instrumentation is the branch of science that deals with measurement and control.An instrument is a device that measures or manipulates variables such as flow, temperature, level, or pressure....
 (i.e. outside temperature display) and control
Control

Control is used in a variety of contexts to express "mastery" or "proficiency": e.g. "Music students attending a master class are expected to have full control of basic skills such as rhythm and pitch" and more generally an ability to purposefully direct change....
s (car audio
Car audio

Car audio/video , mobile audio, 12-volt and other terms are used used to describe the sound or video system fitted in an automobile. Such devices aren't necessarily limited to automobiles, and can be used, marketed, or manufactured for marine, aviation, and mass transit....
).

Rear center console

Some cars includes additional rear center console, which commonly includes entertainment- and climate-system controls (and possibly display screens and air vents), auxiliary power outlets, and sometimes window controls when these are not in the doors (for example, in the Ford Sierra
Ford Sierra

The Ford Sierra is a large family car built by Ford Europe from 1982 until 1993. It was designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Qu?ment....
). Although becoming less than ubiquitous, another common element is an ash tray. On some cars and SUV's, the center console has heater vents for the comfort of rear passengers.

See also

  • Car audio/video
  • Head unit
    Head unit

    A head unit is a component of a stereo system either in a vehicle or home cinema system which provides a unified hardware interface for the various components of an electronic media system....
  • Navigation system
    Navigation system

    Navigation system may refer to* Automotive navigation system* GPS navigation device* Inertial guidance system* Global Positioning System* Robotic mapping...
  • Trip computer
    Trip computer

    A trip computer is an onboard computer device fitted to cars which can generally record distance travelled, average speed, average fuel consumption, and display real time fuel consumption information....