Re: The classic/fave car thread
Reply #61 –
I genuinely would have no idea what to go out and buy if I needed a car, as I don't rate a lot of what's on market.
Tend to agree, it's like the industry is in a holding pattern not knowing which way it wants to go, or perhaps which way the politicians are going to go!
For me the demise of the supercars is a bit sad, Ferrari, Audi, Maserati, Lamborghini, etc., etc., are going the way of the dinosaur, legislated into oblivion. Stupidity, because they are probably 0.1% or less of the vehicles on the road and make stuff all difference to emissions or climate change, the market has forgotten that it was those cars at the very bleeding edge that delivered a lot of advancements that make the wholesale stuff safer, more efficient, better to drive, it's not just about engines. The same sort of evolution is not going to come from generic mass produced rubbish, whether it's EV or not, because the economic driver of a Tesla build is cost reduction, not performance, reliability or capability.
Finally, on the EV front, there is an alarming trend across the industry, the quality of the batteries is not improving it's diminishing, the good materials are a very finite resource and the industry is already switching to cheaper less than perfect solutions. They are "managing" this through smart software, but basically it's smart sensors and software making up for B-Grade product. In the end it seems pretty obvious it's going to be end users who foot the bill for this, a bad line of code could be disastrous!