i have the mini countryman and i love the dials and buttons.
the hates are the nanny state collision avoidance rubbish, we have plain trees around us and they have leaves the size of dinner plates and if one alls in front of you the syystem assumes its a small child and slams the anchors on. not found the off switch yet.
not looking forward to changing the car at lease end as the new ap’s will no doubt exclude the countryman from my available list assuming they come back at all by then. pretty much everything else has touch screens which as has been said i reckon are dangerous. i struggle with my phone so i will be stuffed with one in the car.