New screen layout looks cool... high res screen is fab... graphics look amazing! Button clutter around iDrive knob =
The whole idea of iDrive is to reduce button clutter. Why add them all again?! It seems counter to the concept of iDrive to have the controller surrounded by shortcut buttons. I, for one, am glad I'm getting the more streamlined "classic" iDrive. Of course, the same press who derided the original iDrive as "...too complicated to be useful" will probably love this new layout.