Comment on Japan’s automakers are keeping sports cars alive in the EV era
hanni@lemmy.one 11 months ago
Ghastly cars from nissan subaru and toyota. Amazingly ugly. The mazda is inoffensive, but less iconic than the honda e sportscar from a few years back.
raptir@lemdro.id 11 months ago
Eh, I like the Mazda. It basically looks like what I would have pictured as a “futuristic Miata” a few years back. I will say I’m more interested because of its power train though.
But when I say “more interested” I just mean it’s cool. I’m 6’6, no chance I would fit in it.
BURN@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Honestly the power train is the #1 reason I dislike the Mazda. They tease bringing back rotary engines, only for them to be a gimmick. It doesn’t look awful, and does stay fairly true to Mazda styling. The back looks like a Ferrari, but overall it isn’t ugly.
raptir@lemdro.id 11 months ago
I’m a big fan of series hybrids. PHEVs are great for alleviating range anxiety but parallel PHEVs can be sluggish if the battery is depleted. Building a sports car series hybrid seems like a great option to get you the awesome performance off the line of an EV while handling the range anxiety concerns so many people have.