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Second-gen BYD Seagull switches to rear-wheel drive, adds front trunk in major overhaul
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From a purely engineering standpoint these are both terrible EV shapes. In aerodynamic and battery fitment senses.
But I want the top one soooo bad. An R5 Turbo has been a dream car of mine since the 80s, along with the Ford RS200 and Delta Integrale.
The R5 Turbo EV is limited to 1980 something cars. I talked to dealer who had a couple of preorders. Renault was asking for a ~50k€ (refundable at least) deposit of prospect buyers. They all paid their deposit and waited over year for new information which wasn't forthcoming so they all pulled their orders over time.
It’s too bad. You need a crazy boss like Piëch or Akia Toyota to get these kind of lossy projects done.
It’s not surprising that someone like that doesn’t exist at Renault though.