A co-worker let me drive his (now) older Audi, and it was from a somewhat transitional era. It had a large screen in the dash for maps and music info etc, but it was strictly a screen, no input.
There were still buttons for all the usual suspects like climate control, and to interact with the screen there was an iPod scroll wheel style nub/direction pad down on the center console, next to the shifter. It was simply a dream to use.
Naturally, they ditched it in favor of pure touchscreen.
