I have a car from 2017. it has a modestly large touchscreen with android auto / apple carplay support, but it's old enough that most of the basic car functional

I have a car from 2017. it has a modestly large touchscreen with android auto / apple carplay support, but it's old enough that most of the basic car functionality (lights, A/C, seat heaters) is still implemented in hard buttons. this is the sweet spot, imo. if desired, I set up navigation and queue some music while parked. there's no need to interact with the touchscreen while the car is in motion. I do find it much nicer to have maps on an 8" infotainment screen than on a tiny phone screen with a mount that's suction-cupped onto some part of the interior. it's not so great to be worth buying a whole new car over though. as long as you have bluetooth in the head unit, a phone in a mount with a charger is still pretty good.