Will Future Performance Cars Be Conventional, Diesel, Electric, Hybrid Or Something Else?

The auto industry is changing, as automakers are required to meet new fuel economy and emissions regulations. And don't think that these changes will only affect mass market cars; they're also going to transform the performance segment.

Editorial director Marty Padgett, deputy editor Bengt Halvorson, and social media manager Joel Feder sat down this week for a roundtable discussion on Google+. The topic: The future of performance cars and the changing landscape.

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scenicbyway12 - 4/12/2013 4:57:44 PM

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"Will Future Performance Cars Be Conventional, Diesel, Electric, Hybrid Or Something Else?"

Yes!

vdiv - 4/12/2013 11:01:17 PM

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Yes is correct. Performance is in the eye of the beholder.

Agent00R - 4/12/2013 6:55:51 PM

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Conventional gas.

The tech innovation with std. Motors is far outstripping everyone else.

scenicbyway12 - 4/12/2013 9:04:27 PM

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What about the Porsche 918 and the Ferrari Le Ferrari.

scenicbyway12 - 4/12/2013 9:05:38 PM

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Ferrari LaFerrari, rat's.

ParadoX - 4/13/2013 12:15:39 AM

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Ideally they would be electric. The instantaneous torque an electric motor can provide is far superior to conventional combustion motors.

pcar4evr - 4/13/2013 4:27:05 AM

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If you define the future as + 10 years and you define performace cars as a car that is exceptional fun to drive, there will be no future performance cars. We're in the last hurrah of the performance car now. Insurance companies, government regulations, ever improving technologies and Google will kill off performance cars. You'll get to where you want to go faster and more safely, but you won't be doing the driving. I wish I could de-boost myself.

lexworld - 4/13/2013 11:21:54 AM

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No need for apology -pcar4ever, you're on to something either way we lool at it. I think the top five Hybrid Automakers will most likely be the pioneers of what will be, but not until the consumer desire factor drops considerably. As long as Govt regulations etc can keep their hands in the pockets of both parties, their interest will continue to dominate. In the meatime, I think Hybrid Technology will rule for at least another 10-15 yrs.

autobroker - 4/14/2013 2:35:13 PM

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I think in the near future, for the U.S. market anyway, high performance cars will have a number of features to meet the new CAFE mileage requirements and still have the acceleration we expect in a high performance car, just a different method of getting there. First, lightweight materials to bring the overall weight of the cars down, and a combination of a small gas engine and electric technology to gain the horsepower needed for quickness and the fuel economy needed for regulations. They could be battery packs or batteries on the wheels like the exotics we see coming out, but will be more mainstream.