> He also explained that "I'm a big believer in screens, because I really believe if you want to connect, you have to make the magic work behind the screen."

This statement is logically on a level with something like "yesterday is colder than outside." ... he believes in screens - because if you want to connect - you have to make the magic work behind it? I mean what? This is Olympic level marketing bullshit. It's frightening that somebody blurting gibberish like that is heading a department. But then again this car company is anyway merely a pale shadow of its former self and about to get eaten by the Chinese and very deservedly so.

good. who knows how easily today's vehicles can be hacked? And taken over remotely?

StreamDeck exists for a reason ;-)

Also hate this digital odometers.

Remember how Volkswagen exec promised exact same thing many years ago and just blatantly lied? I do. I will judge only by the actual actions and not by the empty arrogant lies.

As an MB owner this delights me.

That’s another good step. I wrote about this last week < https://www.maxvanijsselmuiden.nl/blog/touch-screens-everywh...>. Touch screens are an unsuitable form of interaction because of the implicit requirement to ‘watch what you are doing’, inherently slower and more dangerous to use in a car.

Imagine buying a luxury car and finding the manufacturer saved like $10 on the very thing you interface with every single time you drive all the time, making the overall experience absolute shit.

"Can I pay you the $10 and you make my car not shit?" — "No, I'm sorry, we only make shit now".

There is another thing that reduces the safety of car - it is sunroof. In India, all top trims come with sunroof. I believe, sunroof can not provide the safety that of one without sunroof. More ever, it can absorb significantly more heat compared one without sunroof.

they're following subaru's lead