 Like that of the previous two generations, the interior was designed to be user-friendly.The gauges were placed in an oval pod while the dashboard wrapped slightly around the driver; all of the main controls were placed within easy reach, and were designed to be recognizable by touch and to be operated by drivers without taking their eyes off the road.The controls for the radio and climate control (some of which, like the preset buttons, were oval shaped) were combined into an oval-shaped "Integrated Control Panel" mounted in the center of the dash, which was created in response to many complaints from Taurus owners that they couldn't easily operate the main controls of the radios and climate control systems without taking their eyes off the road.