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My wife has a 2019 Subaru Crosstrek that gets this exactly right, IMO. There is a touchscreen. IMO, you want that for Apple CarPlay / Android Auto. Mostly for

My wife has a 2019 Subaru Crosstrek that gets this exactly right, IMO. There is a touchscreen. IMO, you want that for Apple CarPlay / Android Auto. Mostly for nav. But for everything else, there are big grippy analog controls. There are also analog volume and prev/next controls for the touchscreen. I believe the interior was designed with the concept of, "everything should be operable, even if the driver is wearing gloves."

pcdoyle 5y ago
Yeah this is how my Hyundai Kona (2020) works and I think it's a good bridge between both. Touchscreen for CarPlay navigation, knobs on the dashboard, and additional buttons on the steering wheel (volume up/down, skip, mute, answer call).
munificent 5y ago
> There is a touchscreen. IMO, you want that for Apple CarPlay / Android Auto. Mostly for nav. More importantly, federal law requires that new cars must have back-up cameras. Car manufacturers are doing the obvious analysis of, if we need to have a screen in there anyway, may as well make it a touchscreen. And if we're going to make it a touchscreen, may as well save some money by eliminating a bunch of physical controls. I don't like it—I plan to drive my 2002 Tacoma into the ground specifically to avoid getting a car with a huge touchscreen UI—but I kind of understand it.