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More and more nails in the coffin for ICE performance cars. This is impressive although I was hoping the X5M comp would do much better.
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Why would these be considered "nails in the coffin for ICE cars"? Because folks only have one criteria when purchasing a vehicle and that's how fast it gets to 60 mph?
Until manufacturers completely stop producing them, plenty of us will continue to choose the screaming and obnoxious inline 6s, V8s, V10s and V12s.
How fast a vehicle gets to 60 mph is pretty far down the bottom of my list when choosing a vehicle. Same goes for how quickly it goes around the 'Ring. Cute statistic, but that's about it. |
"Why would these be considered "nails in the coffin for ICE cars"? Because folks only have one criteria when purchasing a vehicle and that's how fast it gets to 60 mph? "
You are correct. 0-60 the only thing that matters to 99% of performance car buyers, even if they say otherwise. |
If that were the case we would all just skip on over to TESLA and call it a day…..
… but we haven't. |
Or Porsche, Mercedes, Audi, BMW, etc. I'm not debating that ICE cars have advantages today, and for many the dynamics of ICE prevail. But the future is EV whether we like it or not. For the record, I have two ICE cars, I don't own an EV. It's just where the auto industry is going, we can all agree to disagree if you have a different point of view. |
I can agree that they will have a range of EV offerings, but I disagree that some big EV takeover is looming. The auto industry knows that a culture shift toward EV's will take many decades……if ever (… at least here in America). |
The Big Horse-drawn Carriage Industry said the same thing about the fancy horseless carriage.
All kidding aside, I think you're right. The enthusiast marketplace, both OEM and aftermarket, are titans that don't want to see massive shifts quickly. A glacial pace of change would more benefit the major players involved.