Vehicle having a detection device for detecting a characteristic of a vehicle occupant and an operator control and display device coupled with the detection device and having a display region (2, 3, 8), which operator control and display device is configured for displaying items of information (5, 12) in the display region (2, 3, 8) and by means of which depending on the detected characteristic a symbol can be shown in the display region (2, 3, 8), wherein the characteristic recognised by means of the detection device is a position of the vehicle occupant and the operator control and display device is configured to display the symbol in a display position specified depending on the recognised position in a part of the display region (2, 3, 8), characterised in that - the operator control and display device is configured to assign the symbol to the vehicle occupant such that, in the case of a change of position, exceeding in its extent a predetermined threshold value, of the vehicle occupant, it follows said vehicle occupant, - the display device (2, 3, 8) is formed of several disjunct parts (2, 3, 8), wherein a part for the representation of the symbol is different from a part (2, 8) for the representation of the items of information (5, 12), - the one of these parts (2, 3, 8), in which the symbol is represented, is a touch-sensitive and/or proximity-sensitive light strip made of a multiplicity of light sources disposed next to one another, wherein the symbol is in each case a limited part-region of the light strip raised in contrast to the remainder of the light strip, - the symbol is formed as an operating element, by means of the operation of which the items of information (5, 12) in the display region (2, 8) in the part, provided for the representation of the items of information (5, 12), of the display region (2, 8) can be accessed in a representation position which is correlated with the display position of the symbol via a predetermined spatial relationship, wherein when the vehicle occupant changes position also the representation position of the items of information (5, 12) is moved, such that this remains in the same spatial relationship to the display position of the symbol. - the operator control and display device is configured to assign the symbol to the vehicle occupant such that, in the case of a change of position, exceeding in its extent a predetermined threshold value, of the vehicle occupant, it follows said vehicle occupant, - the display device (2, 3, 8) is formed of several disjunct parts (2, 3, 8), wherein a part for the representation of the symbol is different from a part (2, 8) for the representation of the items of information (5, 12), - the one of these parts (2, 3, 8), in which the symbol is represented, is a touch-sensitive and/or proximity-sensitive light strip made of a multiplicity of light sources disposed next to one another, wherein the symbol is in each case a limited part-region of the light strip raised in contrast to the remainder of the light strip, - the symbol is formed as an operating element, by means of the operation of which the items of information (5, 12) in the display region (2, 8) in the part, provided for the representation of the items of information (5, 12), of the display region (2, 8) can be accessed in a representation position which is correlated with the display position of the symbol via a predetermined spatial relationship, wherein when the vehicle occupant changes position also the representation position of the items of information (5, 12) is moved, such that this remains in the same spatial relationship to the display position of the symbol.