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BYD car is fast but Xiaomi is faster. Bugatti was standing still. It is over a decade old. Bugatti Veyron is a classic. Be interesting to see a Chiron compete

Land en Masse. China is a large country leading on multiple fronts and industries. These guys are pushing ahead while people are throwing hurty words around on social media. BYD features might be gimmicky but some of these gimmicks were only for Hollywood at one point. Floating SUV that can stay on water for 20 minutes or 360 degree tank turns and side shimmies. Hopping over speed humps and potholes. USA imposes tarriffs but still use them for their inner city buses. The batteries are made in house and sales are pretty much decent eclipsing Tesla. Wait till they reach 6 million cars per year produced. Theyll be in the top 7 manufacturers replacing Nissan and Co. Be interesting to see if they enter the affordable sports GT space along with MG and Porsche. Polestar are also making a convertible but it will be higher priced I think. I think Xiaomis first attempt and 300,000 car sales in 2024 of the SU7 car is impressive despite flaws reported on Chinawatch youtube. Ford CEO drives one. The Nordschleife run with the Ultra was not bad either. BYDs EV Supercar also did a run last year.

https://www.torquenews.com/17998/i-found-ioniq-5-414000-miles-just-3-years-hyundai-replaced-battery-free-360k-miles

A British company has already tested this. The battery and architecture are all from China. Just about making it into a model that's somewhat affordable. It will probably appear in a BYD Sport Saloon and SUV first before any coupe or roadster. BYD make batteries themselves while MG use CATL. Who are more focused on the first Solid State batteries for more range and quick charge times. https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/nyobolts-prototype-battery-charges-0-80-cent-less-five-minutes

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/business/nissan-boss-wants-a-range-global-halo-cars-including-gt-r-and-affordable#comments New Leaf Crossover SUV https://www.topgear.com/car-news/first-look/all-new-nissan-leaf-and-its-now-a-crossover-373-miles-range

https://www.motor1.com/news/754618/nissan-boss-drives-z-daily/

Nissan are failing but a sushi knife might save the day. You know whats next right? A katana blade! Just like the imitation on the car. Engraved, shined and rubberized handle. Now that would be collector https://www.thedrive.com/news/nissan-and-legendary-chef-hiro-collab-on-a-z-nismo-precision-sushi-knife

https://news.sky.com/story/us-attorney-general-threatens-20-year-jail-sentences-for-damaging-elon-musks-tesla-cars-13332767

The demonstrations are ongoing across USA. No rest for America.

What did the instructor say was wrong after? Throttle input too much at times?

Sales are high in Asia though. Even in countries with high taxes. The BYDs, MGs have had decent reviews. Youre not going to survive in todays market without an EV/Hybrid division. Fine if EVs go the way of 3D Tvs in 2035. This moment in time 28% market share with Model Y doing the highest numbers in the West. Funny thing is people in certain countries with lack of stable Electricity are still buying Teslas. Lol EV goes away in 2035 but we are in the UK. Youre still going to pay £995 road tax for your funky ICE sports car regardless and the Irish will pay £3000. Because the govts can charge under the guise of climate.

Unfortunately its all going EV. If UK was a tropical country youd bank on Ethanol to keep ICE going. Even in the Sports segment. Theres new players in line like Longbow. Their concept looks interesting. Even the hypercars are hybrid now. Thats where it'll end up I'm guessing. Also the new Z didnt get much interest here. I saw a few imported GR86. Tbh With the low interest in the sports car segment I cant blame them for concentrating on SUVs. Theyre in dire straits and need to recover. But if Nissan had vision or a bit of volume sales they would have enough cash to invest like Toyota to make new petrol sports cars albeit with a lower displacement. MR2, Celica and new LFA (most likely Hybrid). With next gen 86 being in joint development with Mazda. The changes required and hoops needed to bring new ICE cars that dont sell huge numbers not worth it. Nissan market share has been lost To Chinese phonemakers and Chinese EVs. Thats their fault. What could have been Nissan now belongs to Xiaomi, BYD and SAIC MG. Xiaomi released a 4 door saloon in April 2024. They just sold their 300,000th car few days ago lol. Something Nissan could have done. Automated factory. Press one button start to finish. New CEO lets see what he proposes next. Most likely going to be a smaller compact hatchback. I doubt itll be ICE when Renault already have a hatchback thats EV. To survive as a business now you need to diversify. Nissan didnt go full steam ahead with their EV side and poor quality was abundant. So now theyre struggling to find a way back.

Change of management as Uchida stepped down. New proposed projects. Looking to survive without a merger?! https://www.topgear.com/car-news/business/nissan-exec-who-wants-build-affordable-sportscar-now-boss

Lol, who wants normal. Everything looks dated next to this block. Road presence is there for sure.