Probably depends on the use case. On a budget car I can see where you're coming from and I agree. However, in the more expensive range I was thinking about, not

Probably depends on the use case. On a budget car I can see where you're coming from and I agree. However, in the more expensive range I was thinking about, not so much. These can have pretty good audio systems (some even come with DIRAC these days). The "infotainment" display also usually integrates things like cameras and allowing you to control various settings*. On a 80.000US$ car you don't swap the radio and let some shop do magic adjustments - you just get the 2000US$ "high end" audio package if you care for that. *) Regarding settings, I'm a opponent to "control every little thing with the touch screen" and don't buy cars with this safety hazard. However, I can adjust the a lot of "offline" settings in mine. Toggle adaptive head lights, lane departure warning sensitivity, registered keys, and a many more features one does NOT change during driving.