Its not just the dash. The center console. The steering wheel. Door panel. On the headliner.

I counted the buttons within reach while waiting at a long stoplight once. Was up to 55 when the light turned green.

Which is awesome. I like buttons.

I've just upgraded from a very old Toyota to a new Mazda. There are so many buttons in my new car and so much more technology it is honestly a little intimidating.

Most of the buttons are for features I've never had before. There are buttons for Bluetooth (I think for receiving phone calls while driving and turning up and down audio volume etc) located on the steering wheel, There are a bunch of buttons for cruise control and I think lane keeping assist also on the steering wheel - I've never had a car with cruise control before and honestly I am a little intimidated to try it out. It seems so complicated. There are some buttons for the Front cross traffic sensors it took me a while to figure out what was going on with these. My car would randomly beep at me while at intersections before I finally figured out what was causing it. Then there is buttons to toggle the parking sensors and toggle between the front / reverse parking cameras.

On top of that quite a lot of things in the car are automated now too - headlights will automatically turn on, wipers automatically switch on etc.

My old car had a radio and heating/AC that was it. I've had the car for just under a month and I've already had to consult the manual 2 or 3 times because I've forgotten what certain buttons do.