Comment on Japan’s automakers are keeping sports cars alive in the EV era

LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The article is about the Japanese auto industry and you’re getting mad they’re not talking about all the other countries?

  Do you go into articles on baseball and complain they’re not covering basketball?

  Or was this subtle trolling?

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  • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “Keeping alive”, meanwhile everyone does the same thing. Many before the lagging Japanese auto industry 🤣

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• otl@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  how can a writer be so ignorant.

  They probably know exactly what they’re doing. Singling out Japan makes for a “better” headline to a mostly North American audience.

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  • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “Multiple Japanese car manufacturers unveil new electric sports cars.”

    Modern journalism sucks.

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• ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  E-Ray, e-tron GT RS, any of the i cars (except the i3), Mach-E GT, Taycan…. Yup, no EV sports cars in there, none at all. You’re write the writer had a baiting headline.

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  • guacupado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Are we really calling the Mach-E a sports car?

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    • ddkman@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Or even the taycan, It weighs 2 tonnes.

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    • Jrockwar@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Absolutely not. Fast yes, but so is the Saleen F-150 and it is not a sports car either by any stretch of imagination. Or an Audi Q7 V12 TDI, or even a Civic Type R.

      A sports car has different qualities than being fast, namely feeling fast. That’s how the MX-5 has always managed to be called a sports car despite not being a fast car really.

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      • fiah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        the MX-5 is also one of the most raced cars out there

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  • dlpkl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If we’re being pedantic those are sports sedans and sporty SUVs. If you were to ask me to think of a sports car my minds going straight to 2-door coupe

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• demonsword@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  FTA:

  Electric sports cars from other high-end brands like Audi, Lotus, and Mercedes-AMG are still years away, with no concepts to even give us a taste of what to expect, while supercar companies like Ferrari and McLaren are only just starting to talk about making EVs.

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  • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve already addressed this hours ago. It’s a sensationalist headline and dumb.

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