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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by CamperBob2 on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @10:09PM (#32588561)
Overall the car is amazingly well designed. The tactile experience is there, you can feel your way around everything without moving your eyes from the road/immediate dash area.

Not anymore, unfortunately. In the current gen (2022+) Macan they got rid of the buttons in favor of a glossy touch panel. It looks cleaner, but it won't by the time you get home from the dealership.

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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by theluketaylor on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @11:17PM (#32589056)
And the EV Macan due out in 2024 will be even more screen. I'm sure it will have the same 3 screen setup as Taycan, with the curved instrument cluster, landscape main dash screen, and portrait lower screen for HVAC and charging controls.
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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by randerson on Thursday August 25, 2022 @10:02PM (#32602523)
At least still has high quality physical buttons for A/C and the steering wheel controls, which is most of what you're likely to use while moving. My least favorite thing about the Taycan is the capacitive AC controls.
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