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Originally Posted by TurboLag23
This would be the easiest thing in the world actually - and I'm patiently waiting for when an automaker actually does it with a sports car. Whichever automaker does it first would be entering a space that's currently completely unoccupied - and where the market is very clearly headed.
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Several makers are already there with their hypercars (Porsche, McClaren, etc). Ferrari is moving it down down into larger sales number vehicles vehicles like the 296 (it's actually a PHEV), and we now have Chevy doing it in the C8 E-Ray. The most recent gen of the NSX was hybrid as well.
The challenge I see is someone actually making one affordable. Development costs are high, and sales numbers will always be low in the US's truck/SUV crazy market. People who actually like cars are rare and those who like fun to drive cars and can afford to by them new, even more rare. That's a big economic risk for any automaker and a big reason why Toyota decided to go the partnership route on the twins and the Supra. Technically it's possible. We just need automakers willing to take the risk and make them.