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Where Should the Clock Be Located On a Car's Dashboard?
Dashboard display should be a customizable flat panel display 6" tall by 2/3rds the width of the dash from the driver side to the center of the dash. The car has your preferences saved. When you get in you press a preset and your dash display is how you prefer it to be.
Behind the dash display can be a quasi-analog set of gauges that show all the basic vital stuff (speed, tach, temp, battery, tachometer...) in case the display cuts out or the driver prefers it.
I travel full time and have a different rental car every week with the same issue. My personal opinion is time and temperature should be somewhere in the middle of the dash near the top so they can be seen by passengers as well as the driver. I prefer digital for a quick read of the time but aesthetically prefer the look of an analog clock. My 2014 Sierra Denali has both a large simulated analog clock as well as digital right above it on the dash display. That and four cup holders for coffee within reach of the driver are why I bought it.
While not my actual car (too lazy to go outside) it is a 2017 Passat. There are actually 3 clocks. One is the large analog in the center dash. The other two are center console above steering wheel at top of center screen and the last is center top to the radio display. No shortage of knowing what time it is.
Loved the centre instrument cluster on my 07 Yaris, but the small clock in the bottom right wasn't the best. Although it did get into vision when checking speed/RPM.
Also, I much prefer analog clocks since you can get a sense of the time by just the shape, rather than having to read numbers.