Current Mazda interiors are admittedly a bit plain, but the 3's cabin is sensibly designed, and Mazda's
rotary knob infotainment controller is easy to use.
Not exact matches
Inside, the 2017 Giulia features a new
infotainment system with a 6.5 - inch or 8.8 - inch screen and can be controlled via a
rotary knob.
The only concession to such modern automation gadgetry is the navigation system in the Spider Abarth and the
rotary knob that controls
infotainment screens in both, poorly located too close to the gearshift.
Apple CarPlay or Android for Autos would have me shouting into the dash in vain, what with all the wind noise, and I could do without the large
rotary knob for the center screen
infotainment display.
BMW's usual
rotary knob interface and top - of - dash screen make up the bones of the X2's
infotainment system.
The centre console is far more upscale and usable, featuring a
rotary controller
knob to access an
infotainment system worthy of parent company BMW.
The redesigned cabin features a high - set
infotainment screen, and a
rotary knob controlling the eight - speed automatic transmission.
The
rotary knob and three - tier
infotainment system is still needlessly complicated — COMAND, and its three - tier menus, is a terrible and confusing concept, surviving through sheer stubbornness, difficult to navigate expertly even after repeated use by techno - millennials like what I allegedly am.
MMI remains my favorite
infotainment interface from a luxury carmaker with its good combo of normal hard buttons mixed in with the
rotary knob selector.
Audi's MMI
infotainment interface is intuitive, with the
rotary knob and hard buttons, and the Bose sound system sounds great.
Instead, the Q60's
infotainment system is operated through an intuitive combination of hard buttons and a well - placed
rotary knob, a layout seen elsewhere in the Infiniti lineup for some time now (though the newer Q50 sedan employs trendier touchscreen panels — I've not yet sampled it, so can not comment on effectiveness).
The Remote Touch
infotainment controller isn't as intuitive as the competitor's
rotary knob controllers.
The high - mounted
infotainment screen is now bookended by two
rotary knobs and real - life buttons (after some unfortunate experiments in taking them away), offering ease of use from the get - go, with steering - mounted buttons helping to keep eyes on the road and not on the center stack.
BMW's iDrive
infotainment system is housed in this 10.2 - inch touchscreen that can also be controlled via
rotary knob on the center console.
Unlike BMW and Mercedes which feature
rotary knobs to control the
infotainment system, the NX features a touchpad to use controls.
Inside, the 2017 Maserati Quattroporte features a redesigned central dashboard which now houses a new
infotainment system with a 8.4 - inch high - resolution capacitive touchscreen display, new climate control, new drawer in a single seamless design, redesigned lower console with a
rotary knob for the volume and function control, a new lid and phone storage compartment.
Audi opts to use an MMI
rotary knob to control the
infotainment.
Front and center is an 8 - inch touchscreen that houses the CUE
infotainment system, and the XT4 is the first Cadillac to come with a
rotary control
knob in the center console, you know, if you want to keep greasy fingerprints off that high - res display.
Executing on the brand's so - called «black panel architecture,» the interior skips the
rotary knob and touchpad of old in favor of a pair of touch - sensitive panels to control everything from the
infotainment system to the climate control functions.
The 2019 A6 is heavy on new technology with the latest MMI
infotainment system ditching the
rotary knob and most of its hard buttons in favor or dual touchscreens.
The signature element of its COMAND (short for «Cockpit Management and Data») series of
infotainment systems is a controller that includes a touchpad,
rotary knob, and buttons for major functions.