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I had a RAV4 as a rental this week and it had a mixture of both the circular and rectangular AC vents. I don't know that I've ever driven a car that had both types of vents - I have a personal preference for the traditional rectangular vents, but curious for thoughts from others.
I wasn't a big fan in general of the old El Cheapo Pontiac interiors, and the terrible materials they used, but one feature I did like was the typical Pontiac circular vents where you grabbed, rotated, and swiveled the entire vent-assembly itself up and down, not just adjusting the slats inside of it.
I think that the shape needs to be consistent with the overall interior design. Just to say "I like round" seems a little simplistic if the interior design becomes disjointed.
I live in FL where having good AC flow is a necessity - I always struggle to get the round vents properly directed and giving me the amount of airflow I feel like I get out of rectangular ones. I guess for me it's more of a priority for the functionality of them as opposed to the aesthetic of them.
I think that the shape needs to be consistent with the overall interior design. Just to say "I like round" seems a little simplistic if the interior design becomes disjointed.
This, I like them to flow naturally with the dash or be blatant and a clear stylistic statement.
I live in FL where having good AC flow is a necessity - I always struggle to get the round vents properly directed and giving me the amount of airflow I feel like I get out of rectangular ones. I guess for me it's more of a priority for the functionality of them as opposed to the aesthetic of them.
Yeah me too.
I'm sure they exist but I never drove a car with round vents I liked.
I like cold air flowing fast but quiet as possible. lol
Otherwise I roll down the window and smoke my cigar.
I prefer the rectangle style. Not the oval or circle style.
I do find the Japan Toyota origin designs seems have something I like. A separate dial for air flow speed—-and a second dial for direction. For some reason, American Toyotas just always get cost cut
Here is a Corolla for North America.
Now the Japan spec Corolla for JDM and UK markets in the Corolla Touring
Here is 4Runner, GX, Land Cruiser
Now Toyota Mirai.
‘’here is new Sequoia awful
Toyota bZ4x does it like this too.
i find the 2nd gen Tundra to be a mixed bag as it looks unfinished
The absolute pinnacle is when Toyota actually paints the air flow direction
Yeah me too.
I'm sure they exist but I never drove a car with round vents I liked.
I like cold air flowing fast but quiet as possible. lol
Otherwise I roll down the window and smoke my cigar.
The round vents in my S Class do a great job. You can actually set the way they disperse air, and they really fill the cabin well.