For what it's worth, the CX-9 since 2019 at least does allow you to use CarPlay with touch, or the scroll wheel, either one. Personally I strongly prefer the sc

For what it's worth, the CX-9 since 2019 at least does allow you to use CarPlay with touch, or the scroll wheel, either one. Personally I strongly prefer the scroll wheel but it sounds like peoples' opinions differ on this.