Except the '18 is also at least a full second quicker to 60 mph.
Even for a street-driven car it's possible to ignore interior quality, as long as whatever is there is reasonably durable. I know I don't pay interior quality one bit of attention while I'm driving. Never have.
Every car I've owned, or ever will own, is bought with full expectation of being usable year round. Minus the scattered heavy snow days, where except for some unexpected emergency I no longer have to drive anything anywhere any more. I'm fine with just the controls and instruments necessary for driving, A/C, a basic radio/CD player, and little else. Even in stop-and-go traffic, where just driving a 3-pedal car tends to keep you busy enough (and challenges you to get better if you let it).
I guess there's just too much old-time hotrodder/sportscar guy in me to see that as a good thing, so I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree here. Features I would never use, I can't see having any business being there at all. I will argue from some experiene that some of these amenities don't always stay in the background.
None of the ponycars really is a 'pure driver's car'; they're too big and much too heavy for that (you need to think Caterham 7 or Ariel Atom here). The Challenger sells as well as it does because it's pretty closely tied to straight line action, which almost everybody understands pretty early in their driving life. That many of them have never developed past that stage (at least not those in the USA) has been playing nicely for FCA.
I don't know what you're on about. There is a giant chasm in tech and engineering development between a Gen 2/3 coyote and a pushrod 5.0. Not even close...Some of it i
Some of it is better tires and better trannys with more gears and that live axle, but the actual engine performance from a dig should be similar. Not saying 30 years of tech does not matter. But V8 tech has been slow. And then you have EV performance that exceeds anything IC engines ever will and the same guys splitting hairs over V8s start pissing their pants!
I will agree with you the the Fox bodies ruled the day. We had a rep and respect and we always raced. Other performance cars found a convenient excuse to take a side street when we arrived. Only a Vette was faster and he had to cross 120mph to get in front of me - don’t ask me how I know...
He knew he’d be in a race!
Apples and Beef. Literally not even comparable.
Everyday EVs will exceed the performance of our V8s but they'll never stir the soul. Exciting, yes, but it doesn't make you yearn for it. I've ridden in one of the fastest examples available these days and yeah it's nuts in terms of acceleration, but it's very one dimensional.
They can have my V8's when they pry them from my cold dead hands!
Comparing completely different technologies is quite different from comparing the evolution from pushrods and 2 valves/cylinder to DOHC 4-valve arrangements. Makes me wonder what sort of evolution electric motors have gone through over the last 30 years, if that's been comparable to the progress Ford has made with its ICE offerings.
