What exactly makes a car "sporty" and makes crossovers not sporty?

[digs]

@Balthisar

What happens when all/most sports cars are electric?

I said right on this board a month ago “I want an electric Miata.”

If I was filthy rich, I’d buy a first-gen Miata and drop a peppy long-range electric motor in it.

[WildaBeast]

@digs

If I was filthy rich, I’d buy a first-gen Miata and drop a peppy long-range electric motor in it.

If you were filthy rich you could just buy a Tesla Roadster, which is pretty much the closest thing to an electric Miata.

[DPRK]

In the first couple of minutes of this classic movie, they mention modifying the Nissan’s shock absorbers, tyres, engine, intercooler, etc. I’m sure real gearheads have a whole list of tweaks above and beyond buying whatever is sold to regular consumers.

Racing:Freeway Speedway Trial 1 1988 FULL MOVIE ENG SUB

[YamatoTwinkie]

@WildaBeast

If I understand the patent correctly, it sounds like there aren’t any real gears, but moving the gearshift changes the amount of torque the electric motor produces, which simulates the feel of a manual transmission. Or if you don’t want to shift, you can put it in “gearless” mode and the car operates like a normal EV.

I’m really struggling here attempting to decipher what the purpose is here. An electric motor is going to have max torque available throughout it’s entire RPM band - adding a complicated manual control input system to to artificially limit and then de-limit the torque just seems like a whole lot of complexity for no actual purpose.