Comments on: New Jag Roadster to Arrive with Snarl, Whine http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-jag-roadster-to-arrive-with-snarl-whine/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:33:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: tauronmaikar http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-jag-roadster-to-arrive-with-snarl-whine/comment-page-1/#comment-1499757 tauronmaikar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:28:23 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=319516#comment-1499757 "Having driven several EVs at a conference last week, I can tell you: a fast electric car is breathtaking. The Mindset, about which I am writing a short review, is for the first few seconds quicker than a 911 Turbo. And I’m talking about an EV that does not try to be particularly fast. If they get the battery longevity issues and range extender bits sorted out, folks, then the future is electric. For Jaguar too." You are completely jumping the gun here. Nothing is known about the long-term reliability of battery-powered cars, that is, the battery or the auxiliary systems like the battery cooling system that is required to keep all that inefficient power transmission in check. Not to mention battery disposal and that is just the issues we can think of and not the surprises that will come along the way. The future may be electric, but I doubt it will be in the shape and form we see today. “Having driven several EVs at a conference last week, I can tell you: a fast electric car is breathtaking.

The Mindset, about which I am writing a short review, is for the first few seconds quicker than a 911 Turbo. And I’m talking about an EV that does not try to be particularly fast.

If they get the battery longevity issues and range extender bits sorted out, folks, then the future is electric. For Jaguar too.”

You are completely jumping the gun here. Nothing is known about the long-term reliability of battery-powered cars, that is, the battery or the auxiliary systems like the battery cooling system that is required to keep all that inefficient power transmission in check. Not to mention battery disposal and that is just the issues we can think of and not the surprises that will come along the way.

The future may be electric, but I doubt it will be in the shape and form we see today.

]]> By: njoneer (of GM) http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-jag-roadster-to-arrive-with-snarl-whine/comment-page-1/#comment-1499690 njoneer (of GM) Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:30:19 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=319516#comment-1499690 Why do you tease us with the beautiful F-type concept? This new Jag will probably look like another Prius-Insight-Volt clone. Ugh. Why do you tease us with the beautiful F-type concept?

This new Jag will probably look like another Prius-Insight-Volt clone. Ugh.

]]> By: Martin Schwoerer http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-jag-roadster-to-arrive-with-snarl-whine/comment-page-1/#comment-1499666 Martin Schwoerer Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:28:02 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=319516#comment-1499666 Having driven several EVs at a conference last week, I can tell you: a fast electric car is breathtaking. The Mindset, about which I am writing a short review, is for the first few seconds quicker than a 911 Turbo. And I'm talking about an EV that does not try to be particularly fast. If they get the battery longevity issues and range extender bits sorted out, folks, then the future is electric. For Jaguar too. Having driven several EVs at a conference last week, I can tell you: a fast electric car is breathtaking.

The Mindset, about which I am writing a short review, is for the first few seconds quicker than a 911 Turbo. And I’m talking about an EV that does not try to be particularly fast.

If they get the battery longevity issues and range extender bits sorted out, folks, then the future is electric. For Jaguar too.

]]> By: Chuck Goolsbee http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-jag-roadster-to-arrive-with-snarl-whine/comment-page-1/#comment-1499651 Chuck Goolsbee Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:55:19 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=319516#comment-1499651 Perhaps they have found a new energy source in the form of Sir William Lyons spinning in his grave? --chuck Perhaps they have found a new energy source in the form of Sir William Lyons spinning in his grave?

–chuck

]]> By: twotone http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-jag-roadster-to-arrive-with-snarl-whine/comment-page-1/#comment-1499596 twotone Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:39:32 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=319516#comment-1499596 I'm just guessing, but I'd wager it will weigh at least two times as much as the first E-Type and be half a much fun. Twotone I’m just guessing, but I’d wager it will weigh at least two times as much as the first E-Type and be half a much fun.

Twotone

]]> By: Adamatari http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-jag-roadster-to-arrive-with-snarl-whine/comment-page-1/#comment-1499545 Adamatari Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:26:11 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=319516#comment-1499545 Why not? If they can make it run like a sportscar, it doesn't matter what powers the thing. Lexus used the hybrid system to give their LS the tug of a V12 with the efficiency (ha ha, well relatively) of a V8. And so far, for all the troubles within Tesla, the roadster itself seems to have turned out pretty well (though it sure had its problems on the way). I for one would very much like to see a car that runs like a Jaguar but is as clean and efficient as a Prius. Considering the future, if somebody doesn't build a car like that then we will indeed all be stuck in mindnumbing vehicles. Why not? If they can make it run like a sportscar, it doesn’t matter what powers the thing. Lexus used the hybrid system to give their LS the tug of a V12 with the efficiency (ha ha, well relatively) of a V8. And so far, for all the troubles within Tesla, the roadster itself seems to have turned out pretty well (though it sure had its problems on the way).

I for one would very much like to see a car that runs like a Jaguar but is as clean and efficient as a Prius. Considering the future, if somebody doesn’t build a car like that then we will indeed all be stuck in mindnumbing vehicles.

]]> By: tauronmaikar http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-jag-roadster-to-arrive-with-snarl-whine/comment-page-1/#comment-1499529 tauronmaikar Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:50:39 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=319516#comment-1499529 I am confused! My brain is melting. Spacetime has fractured. I am confused! My brain is melting. Spacetime has fractured.

]]> By: Cicero http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-jag-roadster-to-arrive-with-snarl-whine/comment-page-1/#comment-1499499 Cicero Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:29:43 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=319516#comment-1499499 It'd make one hell of a kick-ass golf cart. It’d make one hell of a kick-ass golf cart.

]]> By: John Horner http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-jag-roadster-to-arrive-with-snarl-whine/comment-page-1/#comment-1499496 John Horner Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:25:59 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=319516#comment-1499496 <strong>Ridiculous.</strong> Ridiculous.

]]> By: Paul Niedermeyer http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/new-jag-roadster-to-arrive-with-snarl-whine/comment-page-1/#comment-1499491 Paul Niedermeyer Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:17:32 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=319516#comment-1499491 Could they at least put three more fake cylinders over the electric components in there so that it looked like an old Jag engine? Could they at least put three more fake cylinders over the electric components in there so that it looked like an old Jag engine?

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