Volkswagen are making buttons return to cars because enough people complained

After its interiors were labeled ‘frustrating’, Volkswagen has backtracked by making the decision to return buttons to its cars.

The German brand had rid the cabin of physical buttons.

However, it turned out that the apparent stride forward was actually a misstep.

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Volkswagen decision to bring buttons back

Everyone seems to have an opinion on the cars’ lack of physical buttons.

And when the complaints reached the ears of Volkswagen CEO, Thomas Schäfer, he was worried.

He described the touchscreen controls they’d been replaced with as ‘frustrating’ and said they ‘definitely did a lot of damage’.

Now the German brand’s interior designer, Darius Watola, has been forced to rethink.

It’s been reported by Autocar that VW will bring back buttons to all of its new cars.

He said that the ID2all concept ‘showed a new approach for all models’ and was in response to ‘recent feedback from customers’.

In a similar way of seemingly eschewing progress, Volkswagen is spending billions earmarked for EV plans on building gas or ICE cars.

Touchscreens aren’t out entirely

While the touchscreen-heavy Mk8 Golf and ID 3 proved unpopular – they aren’t being ousted entirely.

In fact, despite a prominent digital gauge cluster, the infotainment display will still be key

Rather than controls being hidden behind menus on displays, they’re toggled via center-stack switches.

It’s reassuringly simple and reliable and it’s hoped will keep the Volks happy.

It seems Tesla owners feel the same – despite Elon Musk’s approach being to reduce visual clutter in the cabin.

This Tesla Model X owner, for example, decided against minimalism with a brilliant but strange mod.

In an apparent pushback against the central touchscreen to access most vehicle functions he retrofitted some physical buttons beneath.

In a similar way of technology complementing rather than replacing tradition, this old Toyota Land Cruiser can still run Apple CarPlay on its factory touchscreen.