Totally agree. Despite the move to touchscreens in cars over the years - they're acually terrible for usability and safety. The lack of tactile feedback and the fact that buttons can move position and appearance from app-to-app means that they require much more cognitive load than physical buttons.

Putting a trimmed-down Android tablet into a car is cheaper for manufacturers, but it's bad for usability.

There's been some research done that finds touchscreens are more distracting than drink or drug driving:

https://www.ala.co.uk/connect/in-car-touchscreens-more-dange...