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Originally Posted by BaylorCamaro
That's not what I was getting at. hotlapZL1 stated that the Chevy Sonic, Ford Festa, Honda Element, etc. are nowhere near the 2025 CAFE standards. MY POINT in what I said, was that I'm sure in 10 years Auto manufacturers will be compliant with these CAFE standards. Maybe that means more hybrids and three and four cylinder engines in the economy cars. There will still be performance cars that are as capable or even more capable than they are today. I was implying they probably won't be as large displacement as they are today, but they're also not going to be some limp wristed tree hugging engine either.
My opinion.
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Honestly, the
future of performance is already on display. All one has to do is look to the 918 Spyder and the P1. Hybrid tech is NOT just for econoboxes. The age of high performance HP coming solely from an ICE source are all but numbered. The move to hybrid, nontraditional as it may be, setups will allow petrol tech to continue on.
The next question is whether we as the enthusiast consumer are ready for a semi-electrified Camaro, Mustang, etc. That being said, the current offerings I mentioned earlier utilize their electric motors to supplement the ICE on the front wheels, creating an "eAWD" if you will. So, the other thing we may have to learn to adapt to is the
loss of solely RWD propulsion.