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If you're shopping for new Volkswagen vehicles and wondering what the VW Digital Cockpit feature is, you're not alone! In this guide from the experts at Jim Ellis Volkswagen of Chamblee, we explore the VW Digital Cockpit Pro and how it differs from the standard VW Digital Cockpit – keep reading to learn more.
The VW Digital Cockpit Pro is a high-resolution 10.25-inch VW digital dashboard display that lives behind the steering wheel, replacing a traditional analogue gauge cluster. It's a high-resolution screen that displays the vital automotive information you expect to find on your dash and then some. As the upgrade to the standard VW Digital Cockpit, the Pro version provides various additional customizations and utilities accessible via intuitive controls on your multifunction steering wheel.
While the VW Digital Cockpit was introduced on prior models, it became standard equipment across the automaker's lineup for the 2023 model year. Today, you'll find either the standard or VW Digital Cockpit Pro in nearly every Volkswagen.
With the VW Digital Cockpit Pro, you can customize the view to see the information that's important to you. Here are some of the views:
These are just some of the overarching – there are plenty of ways to customize the minute details.
The main difference between the VW Digital Cockpit and Digital Cockpit Pro system is that the Pro offers a larger 10.25-inch screen, more viewing modes, including full-screen navigation, and additional configuration and customization options.
All recent Volkswagen vehicles have a digital instrument cluster. While the VW ID.4 and VW ID. Buzz have their own unique displays, you'll find either the VW Digital Cockpit or VW Digital Cockpit Pro in the rest of the lineup. See which models get the Pro variant as standard vs. available:
Both systems are customizable, but the VW Digital Cockpit upgrade allows you to tailor more of the display. For instance, you can choose what information is displayed with the VW Digital Cockpit. However, you can also choose the view, style customizations, and secondary data, such as the compass, elevation, fuel range, navigation, and driver-assistance systems, with the VW Digital Cockpit Pro.
Through the system, you can select your interior ambient lighting, with certain models offering up to 30 available colors. You can also create driver profiles, so you and your driving partner can have your own Digital Cockpit Pro profiles customized just how you like.
If you need help customizing your VW Digital Cockpit Pro experience, a member of our sales team or VW service department will happily help!
It can be difficult to convey how advanced and sophisticated the VW Digital Cockpit Pro system is with just words. Visit our Jim Ellis Volkswagen of Chamblee dealership to tour our new VW inventory and test-drive a model with the Digital Cockpit Pro system to experience how this sophisticated system can enhance your drives.
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The Volkswagen lineup uses an MIB infotainment system that displays in full color and is easy to control. This intuitive system varies in size and options depending on the model, but allows you to access navigation, music, media, and vehicle system settings right from a center screen. Visit your local VW dealership to try the VW infotainment system in person!
The standard VW Digital Cockpit system uses a smaller screen that's around 8 inches in most models, and it features fewer customization options when compared to the Pro system. The VW Digital Cockpit Pro uses a 10.25-inch fully customizable display and comes standard on many 2026 VW models, or as an available upgrade on the VW Taos and VW Jetta lineups.
