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I have really enjoyed EV’s since they’ve been released, but I am also a car enthusiast and love all that sports cars have to offer. The idea of a hybrid sports car has always appealed to me because in theory they can offer a lot of the pros of an EV, while still delivering all of the things that one can love in a sports car.
I’ve written reviews for the Corvette E-Ray, Acura NSX, and McLaren Artura which can be found below: But figured it would be worth writing a direct comparison between all three!
Artura Review
E-Ray Review
NSX Review
Power Delivery- Even Split
The most surprising thing when comparing these three cars is how evenly matched they felt to me in terms of power delivery, despite some significant differences in power to weight ratio, hybrid methodology, etc. Now I want to be clear that if we were to look at pure numbers the Artura and E-Ray are faster cars than the NSX, but on the street each car felt different in how they delivered their power but it was hard to say which one had a clear lead over the others.
Corvette E-Ray: I was probably most excited to try to the E-Ray because on paper it should have the most EV-like torque delivery. The E-Ray is definitely the easiest car to get up to speed with. I remember casually hitting a 2.5 0-60 without even trying to use launch control. While the E-Ray definitely pulls very hard with a solid wave of torque that feels like it basically never ends, the pull itself feels like an EV-pull with the the edges rounded off. Yes you’re pinned to your seat, yes you’re going quite fast, but the E-Ray doesn’t quite hit you with the same sharpness and intensity that an EV ultimately does.
Acura NSX: To me the Acura NSX basically just feels like a turbo-charged car. Yes the EV motors give it some torque fill to help minimize the feeling of turbo-lag, but to be honest you can still tell when the turbo is in boost and when it is not so it’s not a completely “lag-less” experience in my opinion. That being said, the NSX does hit you with a turbo pull that is incredibly fun and satisfying. Despite being down on power compared to the E-Ray and Artura, I just constantly had a smile on my face feeling the NSX’s pulls. I really do feel like it’s the perfect amount of power for the street, plenty of “oomph” to properly scare and satiate you, but not so much that you can’t enjoy the car or ever dip into the power.
McLaren Artura: To be honest the Artura was actually a little disappointing to me in terms of power delivery. The Artura’s hybrid strategy is to essentially use the EV motor for the first few seconds of throttle input, then RPM’s start to rise and then the turbos start to spool. The result is you get an incredibly smooth amount of power delivery, but an odd sensation where you feel the car going forward, but don’t see the RPM’s rise immediately. Because the Artura’s power delivery is so smooth you have to commit yourself to staying on throttle for quite a few seconds before the car really starts to excite you, or you have to be really aggressive with keeping yourself in low gears and high RPM’s. What’s interesting about the Artura is despite the power plant not quite feeling like it's as powerful as it should be, the Artura’s chassis does a lot to give you the impression of speed. So it’s an odd sensation where the car doesn’t exactly feel like it pulls as hard as it should, but the chassis is also always communicating speed. I would say the Artura is a perfect split between the E-Ray and NSX. It definitely has a turbo-like feel to it, but it’s more EV-like than the NSX, but not nearly as EV-like as the E-Ray.
Handling:
1st. Artura: Shocker, the most expensive car wins in the handling department! The Artura has a really special driving feel across the board. It is communicative, always feels light on its feet, and it has that special British “handling sauce” that Lotus also has where every turn feels like an absolute delight. I wasn’t a huge fan of the Artura’s brake feel, it takes a lot of effort to modulate and the brakes feel like they take a little too long to bit, but folks do mention that this starts to become a feature and not a bug the more you drive the Artura aggressively. For how good the Artura’s chassis is, I did notice “brake steer” coming to the rescue quite a few times whereas other vehicles have driver assistance systems that are more transparent. One strong plus to the Artura is it possibly has some of the most comfortable dampers I’ve ever experienced. I daily drive a Taycan GTS with air suspension, so most cars now feel “harsh” in comparison to my Taycan and the Artura was truly as comfortable as my Taycan. As a whole though, if you really value driver engagement, road feel, nuance, etc. it’s hard to beat McLaren.
2nd. E-Ray: The E-Ray is a phenomenal handler. Despite adding a few hundred pounds of overall weight, and putting more weight towards the front of the car the E-Ray does not feel like it misses a beat compared to the base C8 and Z06 in terms of overall agility, turn-in, etc. Yes if you were to drive the cars back to back the differences would be noticeable, but you do not jump into an E-Ray and feel like it is a boat by any means. The big thing that stands out with the E-Ray is how much grip it has on tap and how confidence inspiring it feels at virtually any speed. The Artura has a tendency to feel special all of the time, but you can start to feel and see where its limits might be as you start to drive it aggressively, with the E-Ray you simply never see where its limits are because they’re beyond what you can experience in the street. This isn’t some “oh the car’s limits are so high it’s not fun” recipe, you can basically throw the E-Ray into some crazy cornering situations and the car never feels like its off balance or out of sorts. The E-Ray continues to get better and funner the harder you drive it. The E-Ray also has the best brake feel of the bunch, with a blended regen system that does not feel any different from normal friction braking. There’s not much to criticize on the E-Ray’s handling aside from the fact that it doesn’t quite feel as “special” or “connected” as the Artura’s, I genuinely had one of my best canyon blasts ever in an E-Ray and I think that says a lot for the car. It’s easily one of the best handling street cars I think you can get today.
3rd. NSX: The NSX’s handling is unfortunately pretty disappointing. The main trait of the NSX is a tendency towards understeer and a lack of front-end grip. As you push the NSX harder in canyons it basically just reminds you that its lacking in front end grip and you have to back off on how hard you take a corner. I was really excited to see what the front wheel motor torque vectoring did for the car’s handling and unfortunately it just never really seemed to reveal itself. The only time it really kicked in was during a time that felt like some odd anti-lock braking event after I took a corner a little too hard. It felt more like an emergency system and less of a performance aid. To its credit the NSX does feel light on its feet and always enters a corner flatly, so you do get the impression of some engaging driving dynamics, but the car just constantly reminds you of where its limits are and isn’t particularly fun or satisfying to drive in the canyons as a result. The NSX also has the worst damping of the bunch, they aren’t bad by any objective means but the Artura is probably best in class for sports cars, and the E-Ray is pretty high up there as well. All in all the NSX drives sporty but doesn’t seem to get better as you drive it harder whereas the E-Ray and Artura both get better and better the harder you push.
Technology/practicality:
1st. E-Ray: The E-Ray is by far the most practical of the bunch as it has the best and most reliable technology. Trunk storage is spacious, the cabin has cupholders and a healthy amount of practical storage throughout, and its technology feels reasonably modern and it “just works. I also found the E-Ray to be very relaxed and easy to drive around town. The E-Ray’s only real “flaw”is that the cabin is fairly far forward so you have a lot of car behind you. This can make “shooting gaps” in traffic a somewhat clumsy affair as you never quite have the confidence to “slot in” the way you would a car with a slightly different layout.
2nd. Artura: The Artura hits 2nd thanks to its modernity and feature-set not by merit. The Artura has a fairly sizable frunk and a reasonably accommodating cabin (though less practical than the E-Ray’s). Interestingly the Artura’s design and proportions make it so blind spot monitoring simply isn’t needed. You have lots of great rearward visibility, and basically just don’t have blind spots. A big plus for the Artura is it has adaptive cruise control which works brilliantly and makes traffic/highway driving a fairly easy affair. Around town the Artura feels like a bit of a handful. The brakes are hard to modulate, the hydraulic steering rack can feel awkwardly heavy, and the Artura doesn’t have a particularly tight turning radius. Likewise, while the Artura’s infotainment ...
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