GMC has a new type of gear selector in the 2018 Terrain, right after Ezra Dyer did an article on why new shifters are stupid wastes of time

http://autoweek.com/article/drive-reviews/2018-gmc-terrain-first-drive-goodbye-shifter-hello-diesel

Ezra:
Let’s say a designer comes to me and says, “We’re thinking about this new idea for a shifter.”

I’ll say: “Stop right there. It’s stupid.”

The shifter is a solved problem. Enough with the novel shifters.

But this designer just has to explain how the dowdy shifter is about to become sexy, modern, and so very it. TMZ will hound this shifter. This shifter will have 2.7 million followers on social media. If this shifter were a hotel, it would have no front desk and you’d check in through Snap, and maybe the elevator would be, like, hidden in a tree that you climb inside like an elf.

http://www.caranddriver.com/columns/why-are-so-many-new-cars-gear-selectors-stupid-column

Things that caught my eye at the Huntington Beach Concours

some car shows bring in a lot of similar cars, and some bring together a lot with similar features that are ordinarily rare, like Dash mounted shifters

What a gear selector looks like in a new Mopar truck

a Ram 1500 or 2500

interesting shifter, 1st of all, then an interesting speedometer

transmission gear indicators or the 50's and 60's... a great variety of designs and gear sets

Packard Clipper... one huge car

 great color contrast between the green interior, and the gold dash.

Lioncoln Premiere, when Lincoln cars had their own style and design department, and weren't cookie cutter fords or mercs with different nameplates

Notice the enormous running lights - turn signals in the bumpers, has to be the biggest I've ever seen on a car or truck

on the left side of the photo are the cool switch levers.. they might make a bitchin addition to a hot rod

What a big old barge, must be a great solid feeling tank of a ride.

See Tere's photos of it at: http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/2011/04/good-guys-del-mar-lincoln.html