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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by jermaustin1 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @12:15PM (#22739067)
I have a 2015 Fit (Jazz in the not US), and it has the +/- on the touch screen, but also physical buttons on the steering wheel. I guess the compromise is that the driver doesn't need to use the touch buttons because they have the ones on the wheel, and the passenger can take their eyes off the road.
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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by fenwick67 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @12:42PM (#22739421)
I'm curious to know if the buttons are in the base model or are an upgrade.
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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by jermaustin1 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @12:46PM (#22739465)
I DO have the highest trim level, so maybe that's why.
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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by thedance on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @12:52PM (#22739531)
At least in the US models of the Fit there's no difference in the interior trim levels. I think part of the confused nature of this discussion is that Honda never shipped the touch-only dashboard that this article is talking about in the US market. The Fit and as far as I have seen every model Honda sells in the US has always had real knobs and switches for the climate controls. The touch climate controls were available in Japan and elsewhere.

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Non-USA interior: https://img.sm360.ca/images/article/the-honda-way/58810//the...

USA interior: https://file.kelleybluebookimages.com/kbb/base/evox/StJ/1082...

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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by nereye on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:48PM (#22741694)
For the 2016 year model, the base model has a volume knob but the higher models do not. The 'USA interior' link above seems identical to the Non-USA link vs audio volume knob not being there. This is what the dash looks like for models with the knob (could only find 2015 lx but looks identical to 2016 lx): https://cdn.jdpower.com/ChromeImageGallery/Expanded/White/64...
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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by thedance on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:55PM (#22741779)
Oh yes, I'd quite forgotten about the base model radio. Almost surprised it has no tape deck.
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