These Cars Should Never Go Hybrid, According To You

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The car manufacture — particularly successful nan U.S. — is successful an incredibly weird spot correct now. Everyone was gearing up for nan EV revolution, but it seems much and much for illustration it isn't coming successful nan very adjacent future. Because automakers still have some ratio standards to meet (for now, astatine least), they are turning to hybrids to thief capable successful nan gaps. Hybrid marketplace shares are up arsenic much and much automakers partially electrify their lineups, but it's imaginable that not each car is really suited for that benignant of drivetrain. That's wherever the question I asked you good folks past week comes successful — I wanted to cognize what car you each thought should ne'er get a hybrid drivetrain.

What car would it beryllium a criminal discourtesy to springiness a hybrid drivetrain to? To me, nan reply is nary of them. Electric powerfulness is only going to thief a car's capacity and efficiency, moreover if it gains a fewer pounds successful nan process. Luckily, a fewer of you spot nan world nan aforesaid measurement arsenic I, but not everyone does. A fewer of you brought up bully points astir lightweight sports cars, musculus cars that are each astir their big, people aspirated engines and nan truth that we shouldn't beryllium going backmost to EVs. Some of you weirdos bemoaned cars that were already connected sale, though. Never change.

In immoderate case, I should extremity yapping. Scroll down beneath and cheque retired nan cars your chap Jalops opportunity should ne'er get a hybrid drivetrain.

Easiest reply successful a while – Mazda MX-5. Being ray has been portion of its practice for complete 35 years. It's already very substance businesslike and nan added disbursal and weight of batteries would dilute what makes it special.

Submitted by: Xavier96

Anything from Lotus. Their full schtick is "simplify, and adhd lightness", and hybridization does nan other of some those things. They've moreover managed to adhd lightness to EVs. The Evija weighs a afloat half a ton little than nan Rimac Nevera, while besides making much power.

Submitted by: MrMcGeeIn3D

Every car and motortruck pinch a manual transmission. And each car that still weighs nether 3000 pounds (I'm talking astir you BRZ and Miata).

Submitted by: cones

Hyundai Ioniq and Kia EV bid cars.

With nan existent car marketplace successful nan US it honestly wouldn't beryllium a immense astonishment for companies to backtrack connected EVs successful weird ways, but it'd consciousness beautiful gross if cars introduced arsenic EVs abruptly were going hybrid instead.

Submitted by: Connor Paull

The Corvette. Yeah nan E-Ray is simply a accelerated car but each of them will beryllium gone erstwhile nan tech support ends. Any enthusiast exemplary that has imaginable collectable position aliases specified a pursuing that personification tin perchance bargain it caller and support for decades should not spell hybrid. For communal regular driver cars, why would you not spell hybrid? The balanced state versions are now truthful poorly made they will not make it to 10 years aged truthful conscionable spell hybrid because durability is simply a moot point.

Submitted by: Tex

I'll opportunity nan Mitsubishi Evo if they ever get capable backing to make 1 again. Those rally machines are ever nan small motor that could, and boy they did they present backmost successful nan day, moreover nan X was and still is simply a applicable capacity car. It's main tie was conscionable really overmuch powerfulness could beryllium unlocked pinch comparative ease, thing EVs can't really do astatine this time...however I deliberation a mild hybrid group up should beryllium doable pinch a manual transmission.

Submitted by: Agon Targeryan

The Ford Mustang fastback and nan Chevrolet Camaro. I deliberation Ford knows amended but I sewage a emotion GM is complete location trying to navigator it up complete there.

Submitted by: Marcus C

Ferrari, conscionable look astatine their logo, nan horse, a purebred horse. With a agelong history of powerful engines, a Ferrari devoid of nan iconic and recognizable ICE roar would cease to beryllium a Ferrari. Consider La Ferrari, which grounded to seizure nan aforesaid allure arsenic a existent Ferrari. The enchantment is lost.

Submitted by: Luc Desaulniers (minardi)

Definitely newest 6th gen Honda Prelude BF1

It looks excessively overmuch for illustration 5th gen Toyota Prius XW60 successful 2-door coupe version, particularly from nan beforehand look. Both are besides hybrid excessively !!

Not to mention newest Prelude still person framed doorway alternatively of frameless, and trunk unfastened on pinch rear windows hatchback-style. It's not antagonistic things astatine each but it conscionable make Prelude looks much and much akin to Prius coupe

If I person a money and beryllium capable to bargain marque caller prelude, nan first deliberation I will do is debadge and switch Honda and Prelude logo pinch Toyota and Prius logo

Submitted by: Derry

I'm going to nominate nan Ariel Atom since it's still a thoroughfare ineligible vehicle. It's expected to beryllium a nosy lightweight artifact you propulsion astir corners astatine your section track, hence nan exoskeleton design. A hybrid strategy would make nan car importantly heavier and detract from what nan car was built for. I cognize I'm reaching present but honestly immoderate car you really spot connected nan roadworthy tin activity arsenic a hybrid. We already person hybrid versions of iconic sports cars specified arsenic nan Chevrolet Corvette and Porsche 911.

Submitted by: Giantsgiants

Honestly, there's nary logic not to hybridize anything. It makes everything better, from Civics to 911s. Even luxury cars and full-size trucks use from moreover smoother step-off and accrued torque.

If we request to support conscionable 1 car purely ICE for immoderate logic we mightiness arsenic good make it nan Miata, which is already businesslike capable and is often bought arsenic a limited-use artifact anyway. Making it a hybrid wouldn't bring overmuch to nan array arsenic acold arsenic character, capacity aliases pay-it-back-at-the-pump substance savings.

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At minimum, mild-hybrid everything.

It will either summation low-end torque and at-speed efficiency, aliases possibly moreover both.

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None. There is nary valid statement for insisting that immoderate car's capacity connected each fronts should beryllium deliberately kneecapped successful nan sanction of "purity".

Submitted by: BuddyS & potbellyjoe & Steve65