{"id":3994,"date":"2025-07-30T08:54:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:48:31","slug":"skoda-gets-it-people-need-buttons-and-dials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bruntonwolf.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/skoda-gets-it-people-need-buttons-and-dials\/","title":{"rendered":"Skoda Gets It: People 'Need Buttons and Dials'"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Automakers will never admit it, but cost-cutting has reared its ugly head in modern car interiors. Access to most functions has shifted from physical buttons to a touchscreen, which in some cases has absorbed nearly all conventional switchgear. Some automakers, like Volkswagen, have pledged to reverse course<\/a> following customer criticism about the overreliance on infotainment systems. Sister brand Skoda hasn\u2019t gone all-in on screens, but today\u2019s cars do have fewer buttons than those of the past.<\/p>\n

With the Superb and Combi, Skoda believes it has found the right balance (or compromise?)<\/em> between putting everything into the screen and retaining separate controls for frequently used functions. The company\u2019s CEO told The Independent<\/em><\/a> that the so-called Smart Dials are the way forward: \u201cThis is where we need to go. We need toggles. We need dials. We need something that you feel and something that does not distract.\u201d<\/p>\n

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