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I hate touch screens in cars, but this isn't a win for fans of physical controls, despite what a bunch of other commenters seem to think - they aren't adding any new physical buttons, just disabling the touch screen and only allowing you to use the dial.

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BMW has always had the dial as the primary input on iDrive, the touchscreen is an afterthought.

Even before the supply chain shock there were models that had near identical iDrive interfaces with a mix of touchscreen/no-touchscreen based on model year and LCI updates

This comment should be higher. The ui may be even more difficult/dangerous to use if you need to use the dial instead of tapping.

Like another commenter said, very curious to see safety studies on car uis.

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