Auto Express can confirm that the trusty BMW iDrive controller is officially dead, as the brand goes all-in on touchscreens for its next-generation interior layout, which has just been revealed in ...

seeing as certain BMW models like the X2 running iDrive 9 already ditched it for touchscreen-only control (others, like the X3, kept it). But now that BMW is moving ahead to its advanced new Opera ...

the Munich-based automaker announced the end of its iDrive controller. Replacing the iconic rotary control knob is BMW's new Panoramic Vision, a completely haptic multi-touchscreen-based system ...

The hardware will be consistent: say goodbye to the iDrive knob, and hello to touch controls. More shockingly, BMW is deleting the ... you just can’t control it via a knob anymore.

and feature touch-sensitive buttons to control everything from making telephone calls to activating driver assistance systems. Hands on with the new-generation BMW iDrive We’ve already had the ...

This system also does away with the stalwart iDrive controller dial and some of the wacky gesture controls BMW has implemented on earlier iDrive systems. The new operating system flies under BMW ...