The WORST new car trends of 2022!

What do you think is the WORST car trend in 2022?

I think we’ll come full circle and eventually car makers will offer an ‘all analogue dashboard’ as a selling point !

I completly agree with all of those . I would like to add that huge screen to command all functions of the car including the air conditioning. That should in my opinion be controlled by buttons and knobs. Beacase it’s just safer than tapping on screen and not focusing on the road. Great video as always

Another thing with the mirror /camera thing. When you look in a mirror, you can move your eyes / head / body around when looking in the mirror and you see different things and things just out of sight. You don't get taht with a fixed camera. Sure you may be able to get a wider field of view, but then that would have to utilise a wide angle lens which would in turn just distort everything.

Touch sensitive buttons are my worst nightmare. Electric mirrors and pop up door handles are also step back for usability

WORST : putting all control to one 54" display. Not safe to use while driving.

I totally agree with most of these. I do take issue with the Plug in Hybrid as I think you are right but only because the car manufactures are doing what they did with E85 and going half baked on the idea. If they truly put in a solid effort into the design I think it would be the best idea out there. A sixth reason you didnt touch on the side mirror cameras is it only takes one drop of water on the lens to totally distort your side view where as a mirror you got to get quite a bit of water on it before it impairs the visibility. Lets be honest the modern infotainment and touch screen craze is by people who absolutely hate the driver and just want to make the time behind the wheel as miserable as possible or simply cause accidents.

One thing that I really hate is how GM wants to keep on the reverse lights after you've put it in park, turned off the ignition, and stepped out of the vehicle. So when I follow another car through a parking lot and come to some parked car thinking it's trying to reverse, I have to wait for this car to figure out that the car isn't going anywhere.

The other morning I set off in my 2002 Golf. In span of 30 sec and 100 meters, without taking my eyes off the road, I managed to: turn the radio on, turn the volume down, turn the wipers on intermittent, reduce the timing on the intermittent wipers, turn the HVAC to defog the windshield and turned the seat heater on. I wanna see a Tesla driver achieve that.

I agree. To me touch sensitive buttons are the worst, because they work only 3 times out of 10 unlike real buttons 10 out of 10!

Agree with all of these. Pop-out door handles are like hidden headlights or hidden wipers. Stylists love them, but when you can't get into your car on a Winter day because they're iced over, than you'll be less enthusiastic.

All the while analogue cars are on sale, I stick with those. I love a manual gear lever, a proper handbrake, proper dials to look at, proper controls for air con and other essential features at the touch of a button or switch. I hate switch handbrakes, auto boxes or semi auto boxes, or menus upon menus on a screen before you get to an essential control. Drives me nuts! Basically a car with as few distractions as possible from the job of driving: an activity I enjoy

What I noticed recently was that many cars have a raising beltline and a falling roofline (the highest point is usually above the driver's head). I guess that's fine for aerodynamics and gives a "coupé line", but it also means restricted headroom for those in the rear and the side windows become smaller and smaller towards the rear. And it's not just one manufacturer, pretty much everyone does it nowadays; I wonder whether it's aerodynamic requirement or just a trend?

What also annoys me is that the big german brands lost their consistency in naming their models. For example Mercedes always had the A B C ... S class, the SUV version added "GL" to the name, like GLA GLB ... GLS. But now with their new electric models its a big mess. For example EQS is a sedan and the SUV counterpart is called "EQS SUV" but then the EQC is an SUV and the upcoming sedan version will be called the "EQC SEDAN" witch doesn't make much sense. Same for BMW, the i4 is the electric version of the 4series gran coup. But is the i3 the electric version of the 3series?... No it isn't

I wish the Lane departure could be set for motorways only (using the onboard gps perhaps) where it’s actually useful. On a twist B road where you are constantly crossing the lane lines it’s positively dangerous.

Instead of using camera mirrors, the periscope mirror as used in Lamborghini Countach is a much better solution to avoid wing mirrors. It will be interesting if periscope can be used for left and right side rear view. This may eliminate mirror stalks (which even the camera requires) and furhther aid aerodynamics. Adjusting the mirrors can require different mechanism.

I would also add the worst thing about frontal charge port is living in a country with winter for five months of the year and the chargeport beeing impossible to open due to snow and ice. My Kia has it, and it has driven me insane sometimes. I have to use warm water to melt snow and ice, before i can charge it. Its probably one of the biggest reasons i am trading it in for another make.

Also, the door handle can be frozen to the door in cold weather.

You are spot on with every point, I really don't understand the soft limiters on performance cars. They are already quite as a bug fart in Europe, at least we still have some real tail pipe noise here in the states. 😊

200% agree with Matt except the PHEV. My X5 PHEV gets a decent 40 miles and have no worries if I have to do a long trip. The electronic side rear view mirrors are the stupidest, though I like an electronic rear view mirror inside in place of traditional one.