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Not a fan of Volkswagen steering wheels with touch-sensitive buttons? Good news: the physical buttons are back!
Car manufacturers are increasingly using physical buttons in the interior to save costs, among other things. More and more functions are housed in the infotainment system and one push-button after another is replaced by a completely flat touch-sensitive one. Although that in 2022 seems nice and hip and modern, every now and then some ease of use leaves something to be desired. Try to find it by touch within a touch button on the steering wheel of your new Golf. We don’t call that Volkswagen Golf for nothing. According to Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schäfer, Volkswagen is returning the physical push buttons on the steering wheel. probably first on the Gulf.
Schäfer writes on his LinkedIn page that the brand wants to improve the ergonomics of its cars and gives as an example that Volkswagen is returning steering wheels with physical push buttons. At the request of the customer, Schäfer writes. Whether bringing physical keys back to the steering wheel rims of Volkswagen models also means the brand will throw other touch-sensitive buttons out the door remains to be seen. It is not impossible that the touch-sensitive sliders adjust or even replace the climate control system in the long run. However, nothing is known about this yet.
The interior of the new Volkswagen Golf. With push buttons!
The Volkswagen Golf is about to be facelifted. Previous espionage photos already showed the interior of the renewed Golf. The snapped test sample of the renewed Golf not only had a larger infotainment screen, but also ‘just’ a steering wheel with physical push buttons. The Golf is probably the first Volkswagen to get push buttons on the steering wheel again.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl