@Kuro: We at Jalopnik have absolutely no beef against electric cars. From a performance standpoint they can be really bitchin'. Unfortunately we live in a time when their range still sucks and their prices are uncompetitive. When those two elements are addressed, we'll be among the first to jump on the "woo-hoo!"… Read more
@CopterBob: Li-Ion batteries generally run a fairly steady if slowly decreasing output until the very end, when discharge is rapid. The motor controller and battery don't operate at peak battery output so you're running pretty much at "full power" until your just plain run out of juice, much like a gasoline engine.
Phantom Corsair. Game. Set. Match.
@luisthebeast: (Mustang V6 is 305 HP) Read more
@ManBehindTheDesk: I didn't claim you had either. I was just implying that on paper the car doesn't seem like much of an improvement but it is a world of difference. 0-60 is a terrible measure of a car's character. The GT500 handles, brakes, and does rolling pulls in ways that make the GT seem tame. Then there's the… Read more
@ManBehindTheDesk: Know how I know you haven't driven the GT500? Read more
@DiExMachina: Not an android, a robot, and not paranoid, depressed. Read more
@ChiefPontiaxe is now also Chief VolvoWagonAxe: I've seen this car in person, the guy brings it out to the Woodward Dream Cruiser regularly. It is as crazy in person as it looks in pictures. Read more
@Turkieshooter: That joke would have been much funnier if you ended in the Hudson River rather than the side of the road. Read more
@Dustin Dunkin: I was also imagining an F-body in this story. Read more