Why not bite the bullet and go electric only?
They can be really fast, money is not a problem and it's where we need inovation the most.
They can be really fast, money is not a problem and it's where we need inovation the most.
Boring.
There's something viscerally exciting about a reciprocating engine - the sound, the smell, the vibration, the brutishness of it.
I once got a ride in a P-51. There's just something indescribable about that V12 Merlin catching, and then digging in when the throttle is opened wide.
There's a reason for the title of this book: "Sigh for a Merlin".
Yeah, though I wasn't so lucky, I also love the sound and smell of a combustion engine. But I think that's generational, not something inherently more exiting. But I guess I'll have to wait and see what my grandchildren have to say.
As for generational, I've always been sorry that steam locomotives went off the rails before I was born. Diesel electric locomotives are boring.
Because you can now hear the tyres, you can hear how good the driver is.
Formula E drivers, for instance, have to swap cars when the batteries run out.
Not exactly the "reppin'" I'd like to see for the USA in world motorsport.