K-A

Welp, Tesla just made a bold step into the direction of blistering soundless power.

Looks fairly decent. Like a C7 meets an Infiniti coupe meets a Tesla. At least they didn't try and copy Porsche like some (*cough* Mercedes). Interior is super-modern spartan/minimalist/cold/tech-**** Tesla fare. Not my thing, personally.

So here's my sound byte....
"At least it won't sound like my 911." Let's see how well that works for me.

But seriously.... on my enthusiast side.... an EV, regardless of how fast, just doesn't make sense for me. I support Tesla, this car, and the incredible engineering feat it is. Not to mention I am VERY happy to see Elon give the sports car market a reason to remain relevant and generate interest. But, if I argue why I prefer the N/A sound and characteristics so much over turbo, despite power and namely low range torque advantages from the latter, then certainly an EV going even further into that extreme just doesn't speak to me. I simply need that ultimate aural feedback, otherwise driving spiritedly can be sterile, nor is as much fun. Happy to see Tesla has put it out there, though.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/17/...due-in-2020/#/

randr

Rhetorical question how has the recent Honda NSX fared?

K-A

That car has the allure of a Honda Civic to me.

In fact, the Honda Civic Type R has more allure to me. I'm gonna guess it has fared "not so well." How it is seen as worthy of possessing the legendary "NSX" name is beyond me. They totally screwed it up.

It'll be interesting to see how this thing fares.

K-A

I spoke too soon by crediting this as being “not another Porsche knockoff.” Then I saw the rear and thought “Oh, Cayman.”

Clearly being THE sports car manufacturer and benchmark makes you everyone else’s template.

bkrantz

So, electric McLaren or electric Delorean? Looks can be deceiving.