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Originally Posted by fielderLS3
The ZL1 is the absolute top of the Camaro price range, though. $50k is the bargain basement starting point of the Tesla. A conventional car will also last twice as long under normal conditions as the batteries in the Tesla, so if you want to compare price based on longevity, you really have to equate a $50k electric car to a $100k conventional car.
And it's not that it's electric that it bothers me. Ultimately, I don't like COTY being given to very low volume, exclusive, boutique cars. What's the point of declaring a COTY that almost no one will be able to get? I had the same opinion a few years ago when the GT-R got the award.
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The point is not affordability, it's innovation. The issue with compact and subcompact cars is that they rarely contain any new tech or radically new designs, as those designs have all been hashed out on the more expensive offerings. After that, said tech gets refined down to the point where it becomes more affordable for the masses and THEN gets put into a compact car, at which point it's no longer "ground breaking". If you bother to read the motor trend article, they do spell out their reasons as to why they picked this car as Car of the Year, and it wasn't because it was electric.