I had a 1950 Ford truck, all the gauges were large and very easy to read day or night.
This 07, I find myself using my hand to shade the Sun just to look at the little gauges during the day, not while driving of course, but at the stop lights.

I have to wonder if anyone at Ford bothered to take the 07 for a test drive on a sunny day to check for visability. May be they did not have time.
Must have found time to do this in 1950, of course it was a different time and different people, people that cared. People that care seem to find the time.