Physical buttons have the distinct advantage of being physical (duh!) I can triangulate my way to the right button on the dashboard with just my fingers withou

Physical buttons have the distinct advantage of being physical (duh!) I can triangulate my way to the right button on the dashboard with just my fingers without ever taking eyes off the road. I can touch and feel a button without "pressing" or activating it. Impossible with a touch screen! Buttons can be differently shaped to make this even better. Touch screens invite and allow bad ux with nested menus. You need to know which screen you're on, which menu is activated. I know distinctly if I pressed a button once or twice or thrice, or long pressed it. No dice with touch screens. No software update will ever change the physical layout of those buttons. Period. So much simpler. And if buttons are more expensive, well thats good ! Make it harder to put more buttons. We don't need more. Anecdotally, my 2006 prius had a touch screen. Always worked as expected, no lag. I could never, through 5 years of ownership, change the temp, or start the defogger without looking at the screen. A nissan I drove last week with physical buttons, took me a day to get used to with physical buttons and knobs for these functions. I dont see a single end user benefit for touch screens. I see a bunch of reasons for the manufacturer tho.