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Originally Posted by IT
Indeed. The big block 'just pour in more fuel' attitude to motorcar manufacture is dying. No. I mean dead.
I don't want to debate the pros/cons here about the current quality of Top Gear, but I did find Jeremys back to back review of the I8 and M3 interesting.
Hybrid / Electric technology is feeling ever closer, and its interesting it seems to be gaining traction at the performance end of market, as well as the eco city car end. Just look at Tesla. And that's come to market really very quickly in the grand scheme of automotive evolution.
I didn't really see that coming to be fair, so I wonder if the classic performance car setup will change quite quickly over the next few years....?
The current RS line up, all have stop/start, cylinder shutdown and other annoying interferences which just don't sound right on a performance car.
I bought this C6 specifically as I do truly believe its one of the very last no compromise, performance over emissions cars that was designed for driver experience over everything else
I know the C7 is on paper faster, more economical and got loads more toys. But, in the words of my local Audi Dealer - Modern Audis got no soul - and how you artificially inject that going forward I don't know.
Maybe you simply need a good blast of liquid T-rex flowing through the cars veins to give it some bite.... and the C6 sure has that...  |
We’ve been using electric motors in ships now for a while and I think the car industry is catching up. Obviously there is a lot more going on in ships electric wise and have always had generators on board but the introduction of electric motors driving the shafts rather than engine / gearbox is more efficient. I think with the modern car now has so much electric wizardry, control modules and the like it makes sense to have a genset running to provide the power and power to the wheels.
The raw performance and the feel for driving a car has slowly been taken away from the driver for years now it’s not new. ABS, Traction Control, Power steering, Electric handbrakes has anyone tried throwing an 8 into a hairpin bend on the handbrake and being ready on the throttle to hang it’s ass out? For real driving experience now you have to buy something out the 80’s or buy a Westfield