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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whatever the naysayers argue, electric cars will replace the gas cars in the next 5-10 years, that is taking over 50% of the car sales market. Everyone can have their own reasoning, rage anxiety, being fond of noise etc., whatever floats your boat. But the truth is electric cars are better, higher performance and to a degree cheaper (total cost of ownership).

It’s pretty clear where things are going regarding cars. If I were to buy a car today, unless I will hold it for over 10 years, I’d go electric just so it doesn’t depreciate in value considerably.[/quote]

Virtually all r&d money in the auto industry is in electrification and autonomous driving. No engineering teams are working on the next better gas engine.[/quote]

I agree. But to the OP's question; today's gas powered cars benefit from over a century of development and the experience of building hundreds of millions of vehicles. A new Mercedes Benz or Lexus or Kia is pretty amazing and will run for hundreds of thousands of miles with basic maintenance. For the foreseeable future, there will be plenty of places to buy gas and get it fixed. You don't have to learn or adapt to anything new in terms of putting energy (gasoline) into your car.

Today, one can argue the difference in quality and performance between gas and electric models. In five years, it will not be close. All the resources are being poured into electric vehicles.

Bottom line: if you like gas-powered cars, "now" might be the best time to buy![/quote]

[b]Most people[/b] voting with their money choose Tesla over Lexus or Mercedes. The time to buy a high end gas car has passed.[/quote]

Really?  More Teslas are sold than Lexus or Mercedes?  Not even close.

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It’s actually a lot closer than you realize.  Tesla sells almost as many cars as Mercedes and they have far fewer models to choose from.[/quote]

For 2020, looks like Tesla actually sold more cars than Mercedes (292,000 vs. 274,000), but Mercedes also sold a bunch of passenger vans. Lexus sold 249,000 cars in 2020, so Tesla is already beating that. [/quote]

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