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Originally Posted by Wyzz Kydd
I expect this will follow a similar path to the one the industry followed in the 70s. They eviscerated automobile power output in the pursuit of reduced emissions and spawned a generation of boring, slow cars. Anyone want a Mustang II? How about a 205 horsepower 255 torque 1975 Corvette? How about a 145 horsepower V8 Camaro? It was a sorry decade for cars, and I suspect the next 7-10 years will probably be pretty ugly, but BEVs will fade into the sunset and we'll see plenty of high performance hybrids at some point.
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An odd selection of examples you've chosen to attempt to make your point. I do believe that the Mustang II was quite the sales success, topping over 1.1M sales in its 5 year run. The C3 Corvette also sold rather well, it wasn't until the C4 where sales fell off.