Automotive input apparatus comprising: - at least one touch sensitive input device which is operable by a user and has at least one touch surface for sensing a touch of a user's finger for performing at least one input function, - wherein the at least one touch sensitive input device is arranged in a housing (3, 23) and is arranged such as to allow displacement of the at least one touch surface from a first position to at least one second position upon a force applied by the user's finger on the at least one touch surface, and to provide at least one of a tactile feeling for the user's finger, an acoustic feedback signal and an optical feedback signal upon the displacement, - at least one inductive position sensor which comprises a sensing coil configured to interact with a metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35) of the input apparatus, wherein an inductance of the sensing coil is variable in accordance with a distance between the sensing coil and the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35), wherein the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35) forms at least part of the housing, - wherein the sensing coil is arranged at a side of the touch sensitive input device which is opposite to the touch surface, and one of the sensing coil and the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35) is arranged to be displaced relative to the other of the sensing coil and the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35) with the displacement of the touch surface, - wherein the inductive position sensor is configured to generate at least one output signal for triggering the respective tactile feeling, acoustic feedback signal or optical feedback signal upon sensing a relative displacement of the sensing coil and the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35), - wherein the sensing coil is arranged in a cable which is disposed between the touch sensitive input device and the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35), - wherein the cable is a ribbon cable, and a first plurality of conductors of the ribbon cable are forming the sensing coil and a second plurality of the conductors of the ribbon cable are connecting the touch sensitive input device to a control circuit of the input apparatus. - at least one touch sensitive input device which is operable by a user and has at least one touch surface for sensing a touch of a user's finger for performing at least one input function, - wherein the at least one touch sensitive input device is arranged in a housing (3, 23) and is arranged such as to allow displacement of the at least one touch surface from a first position to at least one second position upon a force applied by the user's finger on the at least one touch surface, and to provide at least one of a tactile feeling for the user's finger, an acoustic feedback signal and an optical feedback signal upon the displacement, - at least one inductive position sensor which comprises a sensing coil configured to interact with a metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35) of the input apparatus, wherein an inductance of the sensing coil is variable in accordance with a distance between the sensing coil and the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35), wherein the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35) forms at least part of the housing, - wherein the sensing coil is arranged at a side of the touch sensitive input device which is opposite to the touch surface, and one of the sensing coil and the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35) is arranged to be displaced relative to the other of the sensing coil and the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35) with the displacement of the touch surface, - wherein the inductive position sensor is configured to generate at least one output signal for triggering the respective tactile feeling, acoustic feedback signal or optical feedback signal upon sensing a relative displacement of the sensing coil and the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35), - wherein the sensing coil is arranged in a cable which is disposed between the touch sensitive input device and the metal portion (6, 23, 31, 35), - wherein the cable is a ribbon cable, and a first plurality of conductors of the ribbon cable are forming the sensing coil and a second plurality of the conductors of the ribbon cable are connecting the touch sensitive input device to a control circuit of the input apparatus.