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The Hyundai Ioniq 5N has my interest. Well received for driving even from pretty hardcore driving enthusiasts.
But it's size/weight makes it an RS7 rival which is a heavy car too.
But something a good bit lighter and smaller then that... Could be very nice. No warming up, instant throttle response, good chassi feel with low cg, very cheap to run so you drive as much as you want etc
EV hot hatches are coming soon and looking forward to it.
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I watched the Chris Harris review the other day, ditto the Larry Chen review, both at Sydney Motorsports Park.
Both seemed to like it alot, although at least Harris was able to keep it on the tarmac!
Skip to 20:00 for a whoopsie...
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It's roomier than an RS7, has the same weight(!!), is as fast and cost roughly half. That's a win for me. But personally more interested in lighter cars indeed.The way it handles looks just monstrously heavy
But don't stare blindly at the weight itself either, it's how it drives and a few hundred kilos more then the GRY wouldn't necesarily spoil a car when the weight is low down and the driver controls are well judged. This is exactly what is coming... Even so, I'm holding on to the GRY because even a regular hot hatch won't do what it can do ... but everyone driving a GRY with a hot hatch use pattern are gonna be missing out imho if dismissing EV HH just because of the driveline...
Saw an article on Autocar today a review of the new electric MINI countryman which I took a quick skip read of. We now have a 2 tonne MINI! Yes 2000kg for a MINI. Some other highlights include 309bhp, the reviewer bemoaning the lack of performance, quote: Pleasant interior and sense of fun help to overcome unremarkable performance and range (I don't call 0-60 in 5 and half seconds lacking FFS what are these people thinking? An E36 BMW M3 Evo, I had one, was only 5.2s back in the day, doubt any reviewers of that said it was shite) and a £50k price tag.
I see the chancellors budget has come in for criticism for not incentivising the purchase of EV's. Good. Stop wasting my tax money by bribing the well off to have a nice new £50k/60k/80k++ plus car on their driveway, spend it on the NHS/police or something but don't use it to prop up foreign company profits! Rant over.
I see the chancellors budget has come in for criticism for not incentivising the purchase of EV's. Good. Stop wasting my tax money by bribing the well off to have a nice new £50k/60k/80k++ plus car on their driveway, spend it on the NHS/police or something but don't use it to prop up foreign company profits! Rant over.
Exactly this.
It's basically saying "we aren't selling enough exotic cars". People won't buy what they don't need/want, what's needed is more of the likes of the Dacia Spring and new Renault 5. Smaller, lighter, cheaper.
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The Rivian R3X Is An Electric Rally Car You'll Want To Buy - Jalopnik
We all knew Rivian would be unveiling its all-new, smaller, R2 SUV at a press conference Thursday, but what we didn’t know is that it would be just a third of what was getting shown to the audience. Along with the R2, we also got a look at the even smaller R3 and sportier R3X which is about five...
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I'm sure the designer has been a fan of the Little Mole
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The Rivian R3X Is An Electric Rally Car You'll Want To Buy - Jalopnik
We all knew Rivian would be unveiling its all-new, smaller, R2 SUV at a press conference Thursday, but what we didn’t know is that it would be just a third of what was getting shown to the audience. Along with the R2, we also got a look at the even smaller R3 and sportier R3X which is about five...
I'm sure the designer has been a fan of the Little Mole
Rivian made a better looking Volkswagen EV than Volkswagen have been able to. Probably a better car than anything in the VW ID range too.
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Downstream of governmental safety regulations, and in the case of EVs the size of the battery pack necessary to provide range.
All data points to the latter being reduced over time as battery densities increase, meaning the same or more capacity in less space.
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Porsche beating Tesla record at Lacuna Seca with over 5s.
Valid point that do you need a faster car than 7.7s 0-124mph, this is over 1s faster.
Luckily every thing went fine as they could have gotten into problems with this HANS setup.
Valid point that do you need a faster car than 7.7s 0-124mph, this is over 1s faster.
Luckily every thing went fine as they could have gotten into problems with this HANS setup.
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If it were not for me being hellbent on doing the Kindergarten run in a GR Yaris I think I would probably pick up one of the new EV Renault 5's coming out next year. My first car was a 5 GT Turbo in the 90s (how I never killed myself I will never know!) and I think it looks ace. Not the most sporty of things but I hear Alpine are doing a hot version.
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If GR eventually ends up into weekend toy category, Its difficult decision wheter to get a EV or T4 Long Transporter for hauling stuff.
In terms of maintainability and price loss Transporter is still winning, some of them still having a R5 or VR6 engine.. !
In terms of maintainability and price loss Transporter is still winning, some of them still having a R5 or VR6 engine.. !
