I'm young and I love tech, but I'd rather feel for the volume control knob while I'm watching the road than stare at a touch screen and try to position my finger to hit an icon in a moving car. Those interfaces were just a terrible idea.
In my brother's old Prius it would randomly switch to a diagram showing how cool its power train system was/energy transfer etc. Just what I need while I'm driving - a useless distraction which I have to close before I get access to the controls I need!
(I don't remember exactly how it worked though because I haven't driven it in a while.)
I haven't seen any stats, but anecdotally, I remember watching TopGear episodes a decade ago where they would go on about how Hondas were boring "old people" cars. Its funny because in my region on the US Hondas are very popular with young people hot-rodding them up.
> Honda’s decision to return to physical controls will be popular with some - including, no doubt, its ageing owner base in the UK
Ageing? Is there some stat showing Honda owners are older than owners of other models? Or that young people aren't buying Hondas?