[LDSM]

The idea of any bmw, or car, to not have some kind of idrive system, is extremely wishful thinking, there's just too much tied into those systems now for manufactures to not include them.

Now if it's the screen that bothers you, which bothers me too, it seems like the trend is to move the entire screen into the instrument cluster, and have digital gauges/ maps/ infotainment, that can appear/disappear depending on the driving mode.

Look at the new Audi TT for example, the dashboard is clean and sparse and the instrument cluster is where all of the "screen" is now located....seriously check the new TT out if you haven't, I think and hope, that's the direction of car interiors, because I hate these ipads sticking up from the dashboard.
Now if only they could find a way to slim down the A-pillars on these new car designs