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Japan’s automakers are keeping sports cars alive in the EV era (www.theverge.com)
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Japan’s automakers are keeping sports cars alive in the EV era::The Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo saw the debut of five different electrified sports cars, ranging from production-intent coupes to outrageous concept supercars.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Or even the taycan, It weighs 2 tonnes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If you want to be pedantic you're going to need a new definition for sports car. Every single one of these is going to be a fat pig, with dead steering, and shitty sound. They'll be fast and soulless. The shape doesn't matter. If you want the classic definition of sports car, you basically have the Miata, brz, and a few supercars.

If you take a more open definition based on cars with performance you can track, then yes the mach e is as much a sports car as an M5, ct5v, mustang, etc. A 4000 lbs rx7 with a small rotary is as far from an actual sports car as you can get.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If we're being pedantic, those are sports sedans and sporty SUVs. Minus the E-rau which is a hybrid(?) If you were to ask me to think of a sports car my minds going straight to 2-door coupe