Ohhh yes! Look, I’m not an EV enthusiast but this car might change my mind. I love the way it looks from every angle. Just needs a trapper keeper background to complete the look.

  • @reddig33
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    Nice to see something other than an SUV for a change. I’ll wait and see what the range, charge speed, and costs are before getting too excited.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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      The article also implies it will be hydrogen based, so I’m predicting the answers to your questions will be, in order: Not much, irrelevant, and a lot.

      • @grue
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        134 months ago

        I really hope they ditch the hydrogen part.

    • bbbbbbbbbbb
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      74 months ago

      I get what you mean but Lucid, Hyundai, BMW, Tesla, Polestar, VW, and im sure a few more all have electric sedans

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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      24 months ago

      If people considered those sorts of things when buying a sports car they wouldn’t buy sports cars.

      It looks cool. It probably goes like stink. Hopefully it handles well. That’s all a sports car needs.

  • @psycho_driver
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    354 months ago

    Who knew that if an R34 and a Chrysler Conquest had a baby it’d grow up to be gorgeous?

    • @jqubed
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      114 months ago

      I think this would be both the best looking electric car and best looking Hyundai I’ve ever seen.

        • Midnight Wolf
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          14 months ago

          Look, it’s a car I would build in NFS Underground/2!

          (body kit, tiny mirrors for aerodynamics, roof scoop, massive hideous wing for style points, a 5-layer livery, and random sponsor stickers plastered in every conceivable area; just needs flashing underglow, suicide doors, a trunk audio package, and spinners for that chef’s kiss)

          (I’ve now ruined rally vehicles for everyone)

          • @[email protected]
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            Nah those of us that can actually drive know it’s one of the fastest cars on the planet old bean

    • @BallShapedManOPM
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      94 months ago

      Oh no, I can’t unsee that, what have you done?

    • @espentan
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      24 months ago

      Aaaaha, the Starion, now I see what you mean (they were all sold as Mitsubishi Starion in Europe, to my knowledge. Not an expert).

      • @psycho_driver
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        24 months ago

        Yep we had the Starion here in the States as well. It and the Conquest were pretty much the same vehicle.

    • @jaaake
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      24 months ago

      What’re you talking about? That’s clearly an RX-7 and a Dodge Challenger.

  • IndiBrony
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    294 months ago

    If it looks anything like all the pictures I’ve seen in the past, I’m buying.

    • @BallShapedManOPM
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      274 months ago

      Limited quantities makes me feel like it’ll be a price I won’t want to pay.

      I’m hoping it doesn’t feel like an EV to drive but a good sports car instead!

      • @[email protected]
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        134 months ago

        Limited quantities makes me feel like it’ll be a price I won’t want to pay.

        Maybe we can all go in on one together and take it alternating weekends.

        • @ryrybang
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          54 months ago

          Just like how mammy and pappy raised me.

        • @BallShapedManOPM
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          I’m not a mustang fan, though the coyote V8 sounds amazing.

          https://youtu.be/JFy_RGUg-Bc?si=61KYJA2LYeo3s-mT

          This is a Cybertruck getting owned by a 180hp mid 90s Corvette.

          Straight line speed doesn’t interest me much, plus with the crap breaks on it you can only do it so many times but that’s neither here nor there. My wife owns an EV as do many of my friends and they’re all like driving a couch. Comfortable, disconnected from the road, couches.

          A real sports car you can feel the road, the tires weight up, your rear end communicates the stability through the turn. I have yet to drive a single EV that can do any of that. McLaren 650s I drove was the top of the pile for me, but my Corvette is pretty good too.

          Put the Cybertruck isn’t great as an EV or a truck. Rivian makes some pretty sick EVs, as does Porsche.

          And as for the bajillion miles, the record for an EV in a 24 hour race was made this year at about 700 miles and they had to have three sets of batteries and swap them out while the other two charged. Miatas made it 1200 miles on average for comparison. So I question the distance claim.

          Solid state batteries are supposed to help a ton and I’m excited for them but the current battery tech energy density and charge rate isn’t great.

          • @[email protected]
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            My sarcasm might not have translated well, but “couch” is correct. Even my '86 Crown Vic that drove like a boat felt more sporty than any EV I’ve been in.

            That being said, I crave the R3X and imagine all of it’s “sportiness” will be… underwhelming.

            I’ve never driven anything more sporty than a mid-'90s Porsche Boxer or Hyundai Elantra N. But the most connected I’ve ever felt to the road was in an early 2000s Miata.

            Anyway, uhhh… Something something fuck you CyberTruck

            • @BallShapedManOPM
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              Damnit, I missed the sarcasm… Signs of my age.

              And Miatas are no joke, they feel amazing as much as people make fun of them. Flying Miata out of Grand Junction used to sell you a new Miata engine swapped and upgraded suspension and all.

              Now another company does it but a Miata with an LS just seems like a lot of fun!

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    dont you fucking get my hopes.up

    this was my wallpaper for like a YEAR

    please no hydrogen tho

  • arefx
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    More cars that look like they are from cyberpunk 2077 and less cars that are the cybertruck from tesla

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    Why not make it a continuous production?

    Perhaps models would get Miata like following, not the most expensive or popular cars, but a bit special/unique, and available to people.

    • @BallShapedManOPM
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      84 months ago

      I’ll sign the petition to make this happen 😂

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        Quick, someone set that EU petitions page, let’s force them :D
        (I’m joking, but if possible I would really sign it - if traffic is forced on me, I should have a say in how it looks, not just what I drive)

  • @SomeGuy69
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    84 months ago

    I really really really want that car, but I’ll never be able to own one. I take this over any other car.

  • @espentan
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    84 months ago

    I’m worried we’ll get the usual slew of changes for the production version. E.g. hood can’t be that low, pedestrian hazard, can’t have that sheet metal crease there, too expensive, pillars must be thicker for the roof to handle rollover events etc…

    And no, I’m not saying safety is silly, I just hate it a tiny bit when designers tease us with stunning designs, designs they know can’t be progressed, as is, beyond a prototype stage.

    • @zzx
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      100% agree with your sentiment. I hope the production model looks JUST like this, it’s beautiful as is.

  • @venusaur
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    64 months ago

    Don’t even care how it drives. Looks that good.

  • @RememberTheApollo_
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    54 months ago

    Awesome. I bet they’ll all be sold before the first one rolls off the assembly line.

  • @phoneymouse
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    54 months ago

    I don’t even like sports cars that much, but this thing is fucking sick!

  • @ramenshaman
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    54 months ago

    Looks amazing. They really need to revamp their logo, it doesn’t vibe with their current vehicles. Kia did a nice job.

    • @Odelay42
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      Agreed. People make fun of the new kia logo, but I think it’s nice.

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          I know what you mean but it is indeed an M

          • @[email protected]
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            I just see backwards N but either way I’m on team “it looks stupid” personally.

            But people talk about it, which I can’t recall people doing for other logos so, guess it’s working.

            • @ramenshaman
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              I’m an idiot. I just realized it also says KIA and now I’m not sure if the KM was even intentional.

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                Lmao see? It’s a dumb fuckin logo! It’s so bad that it’s ranked up Google searches for what “KN” cars were.

                But like I said that’s also probably part of the point. They wanted to disassociate from the stigma they had in prior decades. No better way to do that than give yourself a new logo so weird that nobody even realizes that it even spells “Kia”.

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    Might be the first Hyundai I’d be willing to consider.

    • @BallShapedManOPM
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      As someone who’s spouses have owned these, yup!