[jeffbee]

There's no way that's the reason. I just recently bought an instance of the cheapest car Honda still markets in the USA and it has _great_ steering wheel controls, improved even from the ergonomics of my last Honda which was a top-of-the-line model and trim. 18 functions on the face of the wheel, more stuff on two paddles and two stalks behind the wheel. It's one of the cheapest cars you can buy.

https://ef2a5a53b98055d22ce3-7a5c64ec0d36aa3941021bc0fe9ef43...

[kube-system]

Honda products are also consistently higher priced compared to their competitors. The Fit is basically the most expensive (and nicest) subcompact economy car in the US.

Other competitors are willing to sacrifice those details in order to undercut Honda (also note the mirror and window controls): https://newchevy2020.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2021-Che...

The Spark starts at $1700 under the price of the Fit.

[jeffbee]

Yikes. Still it looks like it has physical buttons for everything. Probably just doesn't have cruise control and lane keeping and therefore doesn't need buttons for that?

[kube-system]

No buttons for the mirrors or the windows, because they're not even power! The spec sheet doesn't list power locks as a feature either, it says the car comes with "Keys, rigid (2)"

It definitely doesn't have cruise or lane keep assist.