It's a sad loss to all sports car fans imo, personally I'd never have a evo over a cossie, BUT the evo makes the cossie looks the archaic piece of crap it is, it's a fact, but then considering the age between them I'm not surprised, I'd have a evo long before a FRS though.
darryl c is very misguided about electric vehicles if he thinks they are ineffective, ever been in a tesla ?, I have many times, not mine sadly, but I'd love to do 125 miles to the gallon, equivalent, have 288bhp at ZERO RPM with 90% efficiency, 250 mile range, 0-60 in 3.7, no oil, petrol, anti freeze, plugs, timing belts, or any other oily bits, then sit as a 125mpg car and blow away most performance cars at the lights, whilst costing likely 1/12 of the cost to run just in petrol terms, let alone adding all the other costs above.
I'd swap the cossie for one in a heartbeat, no noise no fuss, no gear changing, 14,000 silent rpm.
Type in electric car on youtube and watch all the top cars getting their arses handed to them on a plate over the 1/4 mile, the tesla is not even that fast by fully electric performance standards.
A electric 4wd evo, would be something awsome, and will come, pity ford produce such shit these days, or they might get more customers in future.
I find driving evo's pretty much the same as any other jap car, way way better than most fords but dull, due to taking away a lot of the fun(read danger) of getting it right(read wrong) with such ease of going insanely quick.
Seriously a cossie is so outclassed by a evo, as it has very right to be due to age, but I still love my cossie, despite the evo being a better car imo.
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