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Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls:
Honda has done what no other car maker is doing, and returned to analogue controls for some functions on the new Honda Jazz.
While most manufacturers are moving to touchscreen controls, identifying smartphone use as their inspiration - most recently seen in Audi's latest A3 - Honda has decided to reintroduce heating and air conditioning controls via a dial rather than touchscreen, as in the previous-generation Jazz.
Jazz project leader Takeki Tanaka explained: "The reason is quite simple - we wanted to minimise driver disruption for operation, in particular, for the heater and air conditioning.
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It seems to me that neither physical controls nor voice controlled operation are fundamentally incompatible with cars being both smart and connected.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @06:33PM (1 child)
> ... but still not nearly as good as manual controls.
Tell me again why you bought this car? You must have seen the control layout on a test drive(?)
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Friday April 03 2020, @01:55PM
> Tell me again why you bought this car? You must have seen the control layout on a test drive(?)
Good question. I wanted a new(ish) suv with a towing package good gas mileage and handling and would last at least 10 years with little maintenance as a daily driver. I had mostly decided on Honda/Acura because of how much I liked my last car.
And, come to think of it, environmental controls weren't on the top of my list of features as long as they weren't too obnoxious. If it was touch screen I probably would have taken notice earlier.
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