Instrument panel display

A motor vehicle dashboard display comprising means for indicating a plurality of operating parameters of the vehicle to a driver of the vehicle;

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• vehicle speed indicating means for numerically indicating speeds and comprising, a plurality of essentially horizontal vertically spaced speed indicating scales on said display at a location to be viewed by the driver, said plurality of scales comprising a lowermost scale, an upper scale vertically spaced above the lowermost scale, and at least one intermediate scale between said upper and lowermost scales,
• said lowermost scale indicating only relatively slow vehicle speeds, said intermediate scale indicating only intermediate speeds of the vehicle, and said upper scale indicating high speeds of the vehicle,
• said lowermost having a length greater than said intermediate scale, and said intermediate scale having a length greater than said upper scale, the respective lengths of said scales being essentially inversely proportional to their respective vertical position, so that as the speed of the vehicle increases the speed is indicated at a higher location in the field of vision of the driver.