MH62

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...m-its-vehicles

Nikon1

heymoe

Yeah, I would rather have real button for as many of the common tasks / controls and the ability the control the MMI with a physical wheel or what not but still have touchscreen access for secondary input.

Verybumpy

What I don't see is a Mazda HUD, that would seal the deal in a huge way IMO.

This will be my last Audi if they continue down the input screen biased path.

MRA5SB

I would take the controller based MMI in the B9 vs. the new dual touch screen set up any day!

vraptor65

I second this! rotary dials and buttons that fall eriogonically at your hands reach are preferred...at least by me. Besides, I enjoy the tactile feel of a smoothly operating high quality mechanism...which the Audi has in spades (MMI, volume control, HVAC, etc.).

Yes, Apple CarPlay is better served with a touch screen, but it is not THAT much better then just using the dial. I'd rather keep my eyes on the road, let my fingers do the "walking", and avoid the unsightly fingerprints on the screen.

I have an 2018 RS5 Coupe. If Audi moves to a complete touchscreen setup (i.e. A8), then it will be the last Audi I own.

Rius

Definitely this. It's one of the reasons i chose to go with an audi. Good interface thats easy and intuitive to navigate without any touch screens and digging through 3 menus just to get to basic settings. Sadly i feel it's just a matter of time before the dual touch screens trickle down.

heymoe

Audi sent out a survey a few weeks ago for S / RS owners and one of the questions on the survey was how do you prefer to control the MMI / Nav. The options were touch only, buttons / **** only, a hybrid of both or no preference. So it sounds like they might be getting some negative feedback from customers on the new interface if they are asking for more feedback in their survey.

I think they were only going to accept answer until the 14th but the survey is still active.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/rhombusUS

belzebutt

I agree, as much as the A7 setup looks nice in a showroom, I'm really glad the S5 has the rotary non-touch setup. But unlike the reason cited in the article, my top reason is that if you don't touch it, you don't get fingerprints on it. The all-touch displays are huge fingerprint magnets. Also the S5's "old style" display is higher up so you can keep your eyes on the road more.

evanseric21

Cool stuff. I took the survey anyway just in case they are still reviewing them. I think I'm in the minority in this thread but I prefer a combination of touchscreen and ****. For certain tasks a touchscreen is just a lot faster. For other things I don't mind buttons and ****. I think ideally the car should have both so if someone doesn't want to use the touchscreen they don't have to.