When Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the president of motorsport’s governing body the FIA, told media last weekend that Formula 1 was returning to V8 engines, everyone took notice.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-07/formula-1-v8-engines-hybrid-power-units-future-regulations/106599818

If what you were saying was directed at us, Lemmy users and average joes who have cars like the Toyota WhoCares, Mazda Generic, Hyundai Whatever then yeah I can completely understand that, EV’s are better than ICE in practically every way

But Supercar world is different

https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/lotus/evija

There’s real magic here, no question. And yet, the world, we know, is refusing to fall in love with the vastly horsepowered, hyper-EV.

Thanks again for confirming what I said

I love how we are on Lemmy, the poorest, rich people hating, communism wanting, most autistic place on the internet talking about what rich people want

For a more normal ICE car, it’s outright embarrassing, all that noise for nothing!

Yes that’s right, however they’re not driving a normal ICE, they’re driving a ferrari or lamborghini, the ones with millions of views for people just to hear the sound:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lamborghini+engine+sound

4 Minutes of V12 Aventador SV Raw Audio [4K]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKkvlYi6JC0

2 million views 🤣

I know rich people tend to be narcissistic, so they may like the attention the noise makes

Yes

but generally they don’t like to be involuntary laughing stocks

Nobody is laughing at a V12 Aventador or Ferrari F40, this is lemmy autism

I mean it has 8 cars sold, thanks for confirming what I said?

After getting an EV myself, the vroom is completely irrelevant IMO, I actually find the silent acceleration way cooler. 😎

How many Ferrari’s/Lamborghini/Supercars/Hypercars have you owned before?

I also prefer the faster take off at the lights but lets not pretend we’re the target market for Ferrari’s.

You are not sure why EV’s need less maintenance? I don’t quite understand what you’re asking sorry

True, EV’s are about things like value for money, quietness, reliability, lack of maintenance, all things expensive flashy cars detest and have no need for

It’s like making an economical artwork or cheap watch for a super rich person, what’s the point?

You think people don’t like the idea of a woman and a man being simple? and that guys who put a dress on doesn’t make them a woman?

What do you think the current conflict is about ?

why are you guys so quick to censor and ban?

if you read the article it was basically a tu quoque

they are saying you accuse us of treating the activists badly and then go around and beat them

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/SiaYlwlvhKg?ra=m

then israel followed up by saying yeah they’re annoying now you have to deal with them

you said new trade agreements ?

trade agreements with who?

I don’t know how they even would tbh, South Korea is living in the 21st century, North Korea in the 18th

They’re practically living in different worlds

i just wish Germany had politely told them they were no longer required instead, I do wonder what Germany is getting out of them tbh

i guess the question is does africa have industries that compete with china?

obviously europe wants to protect its car manufacturers but does africa have any major industries it needs to protect?

i have nearly 3000 comments, this is the same number of comments as i made on reddit in 15 years, i have over 1000 posts which is 990 more than i made on reddit

in 2 years the population of aussie.zone has gone from 158 daily active users to 155

it is what it is

I mean yeah, if i can’t browse reddit on my mobile browser I guess i’ll just have to find something else to do but i just checked then and it still worked

I like lemmy but there is just not enough content, it’s like if reddit was youtube, lemmy is dailymotion, there’s just not enough content for me to stick just here

the main comm I use on reddit is !nrl@aussie.zone and it’s completely dead here :\

tbh this is a bad headline, this meeting group was put together specifically because the cop got hijacked, not because of iran fuel prices

I didn’t know you could do that