F1 will go electric before FE overtakes it.
Doubt it. Simple battery breakthrough and Formula E would almost instantly become faster. I think the two will merge, but I expect F1 to be dragged kicking and screaming to it. Maybe not since Bernie no longer controls it, but the writing's on the wall and F1 is known for the incessant handwringing about new rules. Most teams will probably just switch since half of them are already sick of always being relegated to 2nd class due to Ferrari and Mercedes.
The other issue is, the diehard F1 fans bitch and moan about the cars not sounding like the old V10s. They're not gonna be pleased with electric drive.
WRX was basically a 200hp Civic.
The G35 was just an elevated Nissan for those not into the 350z. The 300zx TT was way better than the reboot.
Its a bit more than that, WRX has AWD. Which, that even didn't used to be that rare. The Eagle/Dodge/Mitsu cars (Eclipse/Talon, Stealth/3000GT), Lancer Evo and the GT-Four Celicas offered that (and of course the GT-R). The latter even had some of the rally pedigree that was part of the reason the Lancer Evo and WRX/STi were so beloved. I think its Top Gear (as those others were all in Gran Turismo, and many were in other games, but they were still around when Top Gear's popularity skyrocketed).
The 300ZX is overlooked for some reason. I wouldn't say its better than the 350Z especially relative to the other vehicles of the time (the 350Z had much worse competition), but Nissan has let the Z languish badly (as they have with the GT-R) and while I like the look of the 370Z its old and an overpriced pig of a sports car. Which, I think Nissan was hit worse than most by consumers ditching cars for SUVs. Now, we might end up with some conglomerate of the worst US, European, and Japanese brands.
Well... the early 2000's WRX was literally a turbocharged Subaru Impreza, a sub $19,000 compact car at the time. You couldn't even get leather seats in them back then. The Honda Civics back then probably had better build quality.
Er, that's what they've always been and still are and why they had such appeal. Maybe, but its not like anyone had that spectacular of quality, and I'd take simple and reliable over too much electronic crap and leather. Honda had good reliability (and quality as far as the materials of the day were). Subaru wasn't that far off though.
Battery-life in terms of both holding a charge for a longer race and even more so in linear power-delivery as charge drains are going to be problems.
In the VW/Nurburgring video I posted there appears to be a significant drop-off in power during the second half of the record-setting lap as charge is depleted.
I didn't notice any dropoff. I think what you're seeing is it lacking top speed on the straightaways. It tops out at like 170mph or so as they either didn't put in any gearing or its just a simple 2 speed setup.