The i3's center console is pretty minimal (since it’s rear motor, RWD), which absolutely does give it an airy feeling compared to the exterior dimensions.

There’s a lot of hype around regulating Tesla’s Autopilot, but I think the first step, if any, should be looking at the costs and benefits.

All the cars delivered with expensive “full self driving” option but no hardware capable of doing so

2017-2019 MINI JCW Clubman

I like it, but good luck street parking that aircraft carrier in NYC.

Eh, I mean, clearly sometimes “engineer” is too diluted and its use should be reined in.

For what it’s worth, I’m on board with some ICE cars and attributes being either tough to replicate or not-yet-available. I just bought 2 gas cars in the last month or so after out previous 4 cars being EVs because of those attributes (small, light, manual hatchback and wagon).

That last line is what a sports car is, not a muscle car.

I think they’re trying to show what the car would do on a road course over a few laps. It’s difficult to generate really consistent acceleration data over the course of a few laps because corner exit speed isn’t going to be the same every lap, particularly with journalists driving.

Eh....still. So on my 3rd run after having a fully charged battery I’d get wasted by a $35k Mustang GT in the 1/4 mile? Meh.

Scroll down to the bottom where the yellow graphs are.

The ICE MINI is not light. The EV MINI is even heavier. Just because there are bigger pigs, doesn’t make it not a pig.

Muscle is about theatre. EVs have no theatre.

Agreed. If you’re going to drive an auto, anyway, in many cases, it might as well be an EV, from a daily performance standpoint.

Because it was NEVER about the actually performance. Never. Because most people cannot drive a car anywhere near the limits the current Camry is capable of, on the road.

Anything under 4 seconds 0-60 is meaningless, it’s just a bragging stat. Even a Tesla can only hit those numbers under ideal conditions, you can’t just do it 5 times in a row. 

I just don’t see electric car manufacturers ever emphasizing light weight and tossability over power and range.

Over 60% of the U.S.’s electricity is generated with fossil fuels. Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Yeah, the 2020 MINIs didn’t have any manuals AT ALL, due to an emissions issue or something, so for 2021, many of them have manuals again. But only the FWD versions of the Clubman/Countryman. The hardtops/convertibles don’t have AWD available, so there’s no AWD manuals anymore.

Not to the degree that’s going to be necessary to use a yoke comfortably; as has been pointed out in other postings, you quickly get out of the range of angles where it’s comfortable to hold the yoke.