You're contradicting yourself in your own post, the engine is half of what you love about driving but converting a classic car to an electric powertrain removes everything that make driving it an experience
What about the handling, nailing the braking point, hitting the apex of a corner, the styling, the wind through your hair/bald spot (in an open top car).
Pretty much everyone I know with an EV, I would classify as a car enthusiast, my friends with a Leaf that goes with 911, rebuilding an MX-5 to go with his M3P, Renault Zoe driver with a Boxster.......
Hope that you can convince someone to chuck you the keys to a fun EV, I think you'd be surprised.
I see your point but in some classic cars it is all about the engine.
Put it this way my C3 Corvette I do not think about braking points or hitting Apex or the handling even though its not actually terrible but its all about that smelly big noisy V8 up front and how the throttle pedal is almost a musical instrument.
Yes there is more to a car than just the engine but to a lot of petrol heads it starts at the engine, the rest is a bonus as to speak.
A Ferrari F8 or even 488 is a superior car in every aspect to a 458, faster, better brakes, better handling, more economy but I'd take the 458 every time, because the engine is truly epic and fair enough it is rather special, whereas the engine in 488/F8 is also in quite a lot of Ferrari's in various states of tune.
I've driven a few Hyrbrids now and also manage to get the keycard for a 2021 Model 3 Performance, and I am afraid I cannot associate the word fun with EV, well the first 5 minutes is fun but not in what makes a sports or super car fun anyway. Yes the first few times I mashed the go pedal made me laugh but after a few goes I was like is that all it has to offer? The steering has to be the worse I have ever felt in any car full stop, when I mentioned it the owner he checked his steering setting but it was in sport, tried the other two options, was even worse, this car had 20" wheels, maybe that is why but it felt so disconnected, owner even set powertrain to RWD, still not an ounce of feel. You could really make crazy progress and you could drive it very fast without knowing and also without anyone else knowing because it makes no engine noise. The instant torque was fun at first but five minutes later I just felt so what, what else does it offer and to me as someone who loves the joy of driving and the feedback and communication a car can give, well sorry Tesla yes fast, but to me boring. What I will say going for it I've seen the complaints about interior quality but it actually seemed OK to me and the amount of customisation is cool though the lack of buttons to adjust mirrors and having to do it via menus well that is just annoying. Buttons are good!
I get why people want them, because they make great commuters but they are not a fun car and most definitely are not a weekend fun car, they are absolutely a tool, a means of going from A to B, albeit very fast if one needs too and also the ability to more or less self drive, but fun am sorry I simply cannot associate the word fun with any car that feels so disconnected from what makes to me a car fun to drive which to me is steering feel, engine sound, changing gear whether that be a manual or an excellent DCT type box.
Needless to say, the X5 is dead!
