China is bringing back buttons – and it’s time the rest of the car industry did, too

There’s a growing sense that the car industry has finally realised it got a bit carried away with touchscreens.

For years, the big central display became the easiest shorthand for a modern car interior. The bigger the screen and the fewer buttons around it, the more futuristic a car was supposed to look. A row of proper switches? How terribly old-fashioned.