It’s all a matter of trade offs. Direct injection allows them to do some magical things inside the combustion chamber for efficiency/performance gains with the

It’s all a matter of trade offs. Direct injection allows them to do some magical things inside the combustion chamber for efficiency/performance gains with the trade off that the valves are ‘dry’ so will need some maintenance down the line. Maybe you save more on fuel than the cost of having to pop off the head(s) down the line, maybe you don’t. Same with the multitude of sensors, knowing what exactly the engine is doing lets them control it more optimally. Though I do agree that they add too many unnecessary things like Heated Seats as a Service (looking at you BMW).