Some of these concepts were even genuine surprises.

Japan’s automakers are keeping sports cars alive in the EV era::The Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo saw the debut of five different electrified sports cars, ranging from production-intent coupes to outrageous concept supercars.

    • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      The article is about the Japanese auto industry and you’re getting mad they’re not talking about all the other countries?

      Do you go into articles on baseball and complain they’re not covering basketball?

      Or was this subtle trolling?

      • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        “Keeping alive”, meanwhile everyone does the same thing. Many before the lagging Japanese auto industry 🤣

        It says it in the article and it’s dumb and sensationalist.

    • Oliver Lowe@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      how can a writer be so ignorant.

      They probably know exactly what they’re doing. Singling out Japan makes for a “better” headline to a mostly North American audience.

      It’s also a bit of a clever headline. Compare the original headline and this one: “All major automakers continue to produce sports cars”. Both headlines could technically be true.

      But the original headline lets you get away with stirring up some emotion e.g. “Japan alone is keeping the sportscar industry afloat, European, American manufacturers don’t care, sportscars are dying”. Life, death: strong words! It’s misleading and shitty journalism.

    • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      E-Ray, e-tron GT RS, any of the i cars (except the i3), Mach-E GT, Taycan…. Yup, no EV sports cars in there, none at all. You’re write the writer had a baiting headline.

        • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          If you want to be pedantic you’re going to need a new definition for sports car. Every single one of these is going to be a fat pig, with dead steering, and shitty sound. They’ll be fast and soulless. The shape doesn’t matter. If you want the classic definition of sports car, you basically have the Miata, brz, and a few supercars.

          If you take a more open definition based on cars with performance you can track, then yes the mach e is as much a sports car as an M5, ct5v, mustang, etc. A 4000 lbs rx7 with a small rotary is as far from an actual sports car as you can get.

        • Jrockwar@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Absolutely not. Fast yes, but so is the Saleen F-150 and it is not a sports car either by any stretch of imagination. Or an Audi Q7 V12 TDI, or even a Civic Type R.

          A sports car has different qualities than being fast, namely feeling fast. That’s how the MX-5 has always managed to be called a sports car despite not being a fast car really.

      • dlpkl@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        If we’re being pedantic, those are sports sedans and sporty SUVs. Minus the E-rau which is a hybrid(?) If you were to ask me to think of a sports car my minds going straight to 2-door coupe

    • demonsword@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      FTA:

      Electric sports cars from other high-end brands like Audi, Lotus, and Mercedes-AMG are still years away, with no concepts to even give us a taste of what to expect, while supercar companies like Ferrari and McLaren are only just starting to talk about making EVs.