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Mazda, Once the Loudest Critic of Touchscreens, Now Says They're Safer Than Buttons: TDS

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Mazda program manager Koichiro Yamaguchi said a bank of 15 similar-looking switches forces drivers to look down longer than a touchscreen would.

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For some years now there has been an extensive debate about touchscreens and buttons in cars. The perfect concept has still not been found, so the cockpits are also changed every few years. Mazda sees in the middle part of the car the advantage with the large touchscreen. In the latest Madza models like the CX-5 dominates a large screen in the middle. This is so big that buttons and switches for radio or air conditioning are completely gone, the…

The Japanese company Mazda continues to defend its decision to replace most of the physical switches with a touch display in the new generation of the CX-5 crossover.

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Mazda bucks the trend: Are touch screens less distracting than physical buttons? The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

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Motor1.com broke the news on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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