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Mercedes to bring back cabin buttons for current and future models


German car maker admits "the data shows us physical buttons are better” despite its digital-focussed approach to interiors

This starts with the new GLC and CLA Shooting Brake EVs, which both get a host of rockers, rollers and buttons on a new-design steering wheel. This wheel will be the standard for Mercedes’s models going forward, and the plan is also to fit it to all cars already on sale – starting later this year with the recently launched CLA saloon. As well as being easier to tweak (as software can be updated over the air rather than needing to drag buyers into garages), SDVs also give car makers full access to drivers’ data and usage.

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