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by geodel18 hours ago |
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upvoteby phatfish16 hours ago|
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But VW are bringing them back? The ID.Polo (seems like they dropped the Playstation style incrementing number for the old brand names) is the first of their new electric range with physical buttons for windows, climate, etc.

Basically the door and centre console have them back. Along with a touchscreen of course.

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upvoteby mrweasel1 hours ago|
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The VW ID.4 also seems like a gaming console. The steering wheel is full of capacitive buttons, you never know what you might accidentally activate or adjust.

If you just want to drive it's a really nice car, but the overuse of capacitive buttons on the steering wheel and key fob really lets the rest of the car down. The key fob is easily worse than that of a 2012 Renault.

Assuming that VW is returning to buttons, I can assure you that it was not for the 2025 models.

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upvoteby gonzalohm18 hours ago|
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When did Mazda get rid of buttons? They always provide both choices no? Touchscreen and the dial (which I love). Temperature controls are also physical.

Except for the new 2026 models. I think those removed physical buttons

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upvoteby Geonode18 hours ago|
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I think you answered your own question. 2026. My 2025 CX-90 has amazing controls.
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upvoteby LoganDark18 hours ago|
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You answered your own question...
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upvoteby jval4317 hours ago|
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Even Toyota is going touch now, with the 2026 models lacking climate control knobs.

I don't know why. Every review always praised the previous models for the physical buttons, and literally nobody asked for them. The physical buttons were perfect, yet they've taken them away.

There must be some grand anti-button conspiracy, it just doesn't make any sense.

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upvoteby mparkms16 hours ago|
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Chasing trends and it's now cheaper to have a single touchscreen with software controls than to design and manufacture physical controls.
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upvoteby vachina12 hours ago|
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There’s less need for a physical button for those things now that climate control algo has become so good it has been on Auto the entire time for me.
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upvoteby bluGill15 hours ago|
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A screen costs 75, a button is 1 each. You get a lot more that 100 buttons on a screen.

Not to mention the physical space a button takes.

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