Value
The latest infotainment systems take up a large portion of the dashboard of the cars that roll out today. When these systems eventually become outdated and slow, suddenly the entire car feels old. This can easily depreciate the value of these cars.
These systems are starting to define the interior of the car and the car itself. So it’s easy to see why they can define the price tag the vehicle in the used market. Cars already face a very high depreciation rate. The last thing we need is elements that make this phenomenon worse. But as of now proper software updates and high-end hardware does seem to mitigate this issue to some extent.
Bugatti, with their Chiron, did not want to include an infotainment system even if they could, as they knew it would date their car. But they did give into in this trend, as digital information displays were included in the gauge cluster due to their usefulness. They knew that their cars are going to be preserved for a long time.
