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The safety tech stuff is bittersweet, like some other people have pointed out. On one hand, it provides more safety features that will hopefully reduce accidents and maybe even save lives. On the other hand, drivers both young and old may not rely on skills as much anymore because they will rely on the car to make some noise to tell them that they're doing something stupid. Just look at rearview cameras -- most people with them will just look at the screen only and not even glance out of the rear.
Infotainment is cool, but I find a lot of it unnecessary. My boss's recent 550i allows him to text and check his e-mail and all sorts of stuff, but it's just silly and dangerous. Integration with smartphones is nice to make playing music easier, but it's not like it was so difficult before. Plus most phones can be voice activated anyway, so you can just tell Siri to play whatever. Bluetooth helps, but if you have a modded car, it's more difficult to hear your conversation anyway. Plus most smartphones these days have headsets that work just fine, plus you're not draining your battery faster with having to keep Bluetooth on.
My Evo IX has a really boring interior with nothing fancier than a CD player and air conditioning, pretty much. It's certainly dated but I don't find myself wishing for much modern stuff. I have a dock for my iPhone and I can play music through the FM signal (not the audiophile way to do it but it gets the job done) and I'm golden. I use my eyes and ears and look at my mirrors and through the rear window. So far, so good.
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