#Drag Race UK vs The World 2022

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Jonathan Bailey on Drag Race UK vs The World on February 15, 2022

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I just thought you would all like to see how cute he is when sipping tea jokingly~ Feel free to reblog and use them~ (Jonathan Bailey on RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World, Series 1, episode 3 (2022))

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Aussie queen to join Drag Race UK Versus The World

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Aussie queen to join Drag Race UK Versus The World

An Australian queen is tipped to appear on the yet-to-be-confirmed lineup of the second series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World.

The spinoff series debuted in 2022. Queens from previous UK seasons battled it out against Drag Race sisters from across the globe.

Last week, RuPaul formally announced season two of the series. Ru is hosting with judges Michelle Visage, Alan Carr, Graham Norton and celebrity guests.

“It is my honour to present the second sickening instalment of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World,” Ru said in a statement.

“When queens of this calibre come together, something truly magical happens.

“I can’t wait to share the international love with audiences in the UK and around the globe.”

The series will premiere sometime in early 2024, and in a first for the UK will offer the winner a cash prize.

Aussie Hannah Conda expected on UK vs the World lineup

While the season is confirmed, we likely won’t get confirmation of the lineup of queens for a few more weeks.

But Drag Race detectives online are almost certain that Sydney drag performer Hannah Conda is on the show.

Hannah was a runner-up on Drag Race Down Under season two. New Zealand’s Spankie Jackzon won that season.

Hannah is widely expected on the UK vs the World season two lineup alongside returning UK queens and others from the US, Spain, Holland, France, and the Philippines.

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Meanwhile, another Drag Race Down Under star is also expected to appear – and compete alongside a US Drag Race legend – on another new spinoff, RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars.

But if the speculation is true, the two queens aren’t the first Drag Race Down Under queens to compete on international editions.

In 2022, New Zealand Down Under favourite Anita Wigl’it appeared on Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. the World.

Anita ultimately finished seventh and the Auckland queen also won Miss Congeniality after the finale.

Read also:

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under queen tipped for new Global All Stars

Every Drag Race spinoff from 2023 ranked

Frustrated New Zealand queens blast Drag Race Down Under

Meet the queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16

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BEST TV OF 2022 PART 1

Even tho’ I am hideously late with this, I still want to post it as it’s become a yearly tradition for me. This is just the stuff I’ve watched - there’s still loads of stuff I haven’t caught up with yet.

I like a lot of the comedy panel shows like QI, Have I Got News For You? Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Mock the Week (sorry to see it end this year), Would I Lie to You? Sorry I Didn’t Know That (great to see its return) and The Big Fat Quiz of Everything. I also like comedy shows w/a current affairs slant like The Last Leg, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order and The Ranganation (I also liked Romesh Ranganathan’s travel show, and the one he did on Jimi Hendrix’s death).

2022 saw the return of Starstruck, The Other One, Code 404, and Avenue 5. Plus, final series for Brooklyn Nine Nine and Derry Girls (two of my favourite comedies of recent years) and Christmas specials for The Cleaner and Motherland (still really want Kevin + Amanda to fall in love + live happily ever after) and a reunion special for Bad Education (which is returning next year).

New comedy series that I enjoyed this year – Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything, The Curse, PRU, Big Boys, The Witchfinder and Am I Being Unreasonable?

  I don’t watch any of the reality shows like TOWIE or Made in Chelsea altho’ I did quite enjoy Dubai Bling on Netflix. I tend to prefer reality shows with a competition/creativity element, so I watch things like Strictly Come Dancing, Masterchef, The Great British Bake Off, The Apprentice and Great British Menu. I like the fact that the shows are widening the skills featured so we have The Great Pottery Throw Down, The Great British Sewing Bee, All That Glitters: Britain’s Next Jewellery Star, The Drop (for sportswear/activewear designers), Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas, The Big Blow-Out (for hairdressing), Handmade (for woodworking skills), Stitch, Please (for costume designers),  Interior Design Masters w/Alan Carr, Christmas Cookie Challenge, The Greatest Snowman and Glow Up (for makeup artists – it was great to see the Irish version this year as well as the UK one). As well as the various versions of Legomasters, we finally got some series dedicated to the art of miniatures/dolls houses with The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge w/Sandi Toksvig on Channel 4 and American series, Best in Miniature and Biggest Little Christmas. (Hopefully, we will see more seasons of these + also maybe a series of doll customisers).

I fell in love with Get Organised with the Home Edit on Netflix – there’s something so satisfying about colour coding! I was pleased to see the return of Changing Rooms, This is my House (altho’ I didn’t like the change to shorter episodes), Between the Covers and Grayson’s Art Club. Joe Lycett also did a show about entering the Royal Academy’s summer art exhibition that highlighted a lot of the other entrants. He did another one about David Beckham’s role in the Qatar World Cup. David Baddiel did a documentary about antisemitism.

I also love Drag Race + I think 2022 proved to be a good year with some great contestants especially on Drag Race UK and Canada vs. the World. I also discovered Queen of the Universe which is a singing competition for drag queens (I was a little bit gutted Gingzilla didn’t win as I love them so much). I was pleased to see the return of We’re Here as well.

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Friday, December 23, 2022 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: FAMILY DINNER (discovery +)

WHAT IS <i>NOT</i> PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT? 24TH ANNUAL A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS AT THE GROVE (CBS Feed)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

CRAVE TV ACTING GOOD (Season 1) AFTER THE STORM (Episodes 1-2) COMEDY CENTRAL’S HELL OF A WEEK WITH CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD (Season 1) CRIBS (Season 19) ERASER: REBORN A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS MTV’S ARE YOU THE ONE? UK (Season 1) MUD MOUNTAIN HAULERS (Season 2) PEACE BY CHOCOLATE THE OUTFIT TREASURE HOUNDS ZOOM

DISNEY + STAR GAME OF SHARKS TINI TOUR 2022: FAREWELL OF THE YEAR

NETFLIX CANADA GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY PIÑATA MASTERS!

IIHF WORLD JUNIORS (TSN): 2:30pm: Pre-Competition: Switzerland vs. Sweden (TSN): 6:30pm: Pre-Competition: Canada vs. Finland

NHL HOCKEY (SNOntario/SNEast/SN1) 7:00pm: Bruins vs. Devils (TSN3) 7:00pm: Jets vs. Capitals (TSN5) 7:00pm: Red Wings vs. Sens (TSN2) 8:00pm: Habs vs. Stars (SNWest/SNPacific) 9:00pm: Canucks vs. Oilers (SN1) 10:30pm: Flames vs. Ducks

THE HOLIDAY (CBC) 7:00pm: Two women, one (Cameron Diaz) from America and one (Kate Winslet) from England, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends.

SANTA'S GOT STYLE (City TV) 7:00pm: When department store executive Madison is charged with coming up with a fresh idea for the holiday season, she decides that instead of a classic Santa, this year they would hire a young Santa with lots of fashionable style.

MENORAH IN THE MIDDLE (CTV Life) 7:00pm: Sarah is headed back to her hometown for Hanukkah with news of her engagement. Upon returning she finds out that her father had a heart attack and things have gotten out of hand.

PULSE (APTN) 7:00pm: Featuring Soleil Launière, a professional dancer who mixes beats to create original scores for her performances; she discusses her creative process and how she incorporates natural elements into her pieces.

NBA BASKETBALL   (TSN4) 7:30pm: Raptors vs. Cavaliers (TSN5) 10:00pm: Grizzlies vs. Suns

A KINDHEARTED CHRISTMAS (CTV) 8:00pm: To capture the holiday spirit, Jaime anonymously gives gifts to those in need. Word spreads and people in town wonder who this "Secret Santa" is. She remains anonymous and meets Scott. Jamie tries to keep her secret and pursue a new romance.

THE COOK WHO CHANGED OUR LIVES (TLN) 8:00pm: Journalist/food writer Nigella Lawson offers tribute to food writer Anna Del Conte, who helped  raise awareness in Britain, of Italian cooking in 1949.

RETURN TO CHRISTMAS CREEK (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm:  After being told her new holiday app lacked Christmas spirit, a young CEO returns to her hometown to rediscover the meaning of the holidays.

A DICKENS OF A HOLIDAY! (Global) 9:00pm: To mark the 100th anniversary of a Victorian festival, Cassie invites movie star and former high school classmate Jake to play Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol."

MERRY KISS CAM (CTV Life) 9:00pm: Two people from very different worlds meet on a hockey kiss cam.

PEACE BY CHOCOLATE (Crave) 9:00pm: A Syrian refugee struggles to settle into his new Canadian small-town life, caught between his dream to become a doctor and preserving his family's chocolate-making legacy.

CANADA'S DRAG RACE: CANADA VS. THE WORLD (Crave 2) 9:00pm (SEASON FINALE): Who will be the Queen of the Mother-Pucking World?

NATALEE HOLLOWAY: HER FRIENDS SPEAK (Super Channel Fuse)  10:00pm:  Natalee Holloway mysteriously disappears while on a school trip in Aruba in 2005; evidence points to the man Natalee was last seen with, Joran Van Der Sloot.

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Jade Thirlwall for RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs THE WORLD (2022)

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Jonathan Bailey and Michelle Visage on the set of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs The World (February 15, 2022) | 📸: @michellevisage 

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RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. The World's Jimbo Has Already Inspired A Wave Of Brilliant Memes

The moment we saw Jimbo stepping onto the stage of RuPaul’s Drag Race on Tuesday night, dressed as a pregnant ghost and chucking lunch meat about the place, we knew were in for a wild ride – and the stuff of meme gold.

Jimbo is one of 10 international contestants currently competing in Drag Race UK vs. The World, after making a huge impression on Canada’s Drag Race with her unique take on drag back in 2020.

The Canadian queen and self-professed “drag clown” got things off to a typically unpredictable start with a variety show performance unlike anything ever showcased on the main stage.

Her performance included entering dressed as a twisted Halloween ghost before giving birth to a pack of cold meat which she promptly started chucking around the studio – including straight at RuPaul.

Jimbo single handedly handing me every reaction meme I’m ever going to need for 2022 in episode 1 #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/fOWSS3QWuO

— lottie l’amour (she/her) 💖✨ (@Lottie_Lamour) February 1, 2022

Miss Jimbo knows what will make a good meme. That bitch came to trend. #DragRaceUK

— Rickie Marsden (@BeardManRick) February 1, 2022

It probably goes without saying that it didn’t take long for the memes to start rolling in on Twitter.

One moment in particular from Jimbo’s performance quickly captured people’s attention, after she opened a miniature suitcase marked “talent”, only to find it empty…

Forgetting I ate my lunch at my desk at 10:30am. pic.twitter.com/EvY4KfS1HM

— 👋🏻 (@Ohanthonio) February 2, 2022

my bank account a week after payday #dragraceukpic.twitter.com/xdUPthCPL3

— jack (@jacktpowis) February 1, 2022

Checking my balance the day after pay-day #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/H0cJNXJQgO

— SHANE REACTION (@imshanereaction) February 1, 2022

I'm not sure about this new Deal or No Deal reboot guys #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/dct9WxgIwP

— Ariadne 🦋 (@Ariadne_Reviews) February 1, 2022

[insert topical joke about Sue Gray’s report] #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/rtVkj1Pbxl

— C. (@csher1991) February 1, 2022

RuPaul revealing this season's prize money: #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/Or9vcl1GOj

— ❤️‍🔥 SEDDERA SIDE ❤️‍🔥 (@sedderaside) February 1, 2022

comic relief and children in need with the proceeds they'll get from the winner's duet with ru #dragraceukpic.twitter.com/1eWNuWzcTQ

— will (@getwellsoongeri) February 1, 2022

But Jimbo proved to be meme fodder even after her performance was over.

A short clip of her bopping in her seat has also inspired a thousand brilliant reactions…

Me when someone puts on a song I don’t know, but the vibe is good pic.twitter.com/HTDyFnz9H0

— Gustavo E Palisandro (@Gustavo_EBP) February 1, 2022

Friend: “What goes on in that head of yours?!” My last brain cell: pic.twitter.com/LDGm7HHgrK

— Andy Legon 🏳️‍🌈 (@AndrewLegon) February 1, 2022

Humpty Dumpty on that wall pic.twitter.com/Cq6XPCszai

— Thom (@sleepy_homo) February 1, 2022

My sleep paralysis demon when I start playing rainforest sleep sounds #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/7YXrvWody8

— eliot 🔱 (@elioxts) February 1, 2022

the cotton bud on it’s way to push the wax even further into my ear canal pic.twitter.com/gaORE6iJfr

— Liam (@LiamLambrini) February 1, 2022

when you pop a pimple #DragRaceUK#UKvsTheWorldpic.twitter.com/D19VvPFbZy

— gaytricia clarkson (@gaytricia_c) February 1, 2022

The demon under my bed whilst I’m listening to music #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/wuAp6H7o4o

— Meh (@Spilling_The_T) February 1, 2022

Sue Gray’s full report just chilling on a USB stick, waiting to be leaked#DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/Rs67oyc2W1

— Joe Nellist (@joenellist) February 1, 2022

My ghost still bopping to Eurovision songs 120 years from now pic.twitter.com/dyBgRn4QrC

— Paul Ferguson (@pokemon_paul) February 1, 2022

Gays waiting on their girlfriends to come back from the group trip to the bathroom in a club pic.twitter.com/JAB9OSjr5y

— Cal (@calluma_) February 1, 2022

the babadook knowing they’re a gay icon #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/Z4vE8ahDPr

— (ali) (@hisnameisali) February 1, 2022

Me vibing while my life is breaking down around me pic.twitter.com/fUKlsQ2tqa

— simp for lemon 🍋👑 (@amazeballsdave) February 1, 2022

The sleeves dangling under Janey’s dress: #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/kCFaRxqWXU

— Harrison Brocklehurst (@harrisonjbrock) February 1, 2022

my brain trying to process that elimination #dragraceukpic.twitter.com/ImDwhS1ONk

— jack (@jacktpowis) February 1, 2022

And here’s a selection of our other fave Jimbo memes…

Walking into Heaven when you’re over 30 pic.twitter.com/4yIMOEJVfk

— Nick Levine (@mrnicklevine) February 2, 2022

Me watching Jimbo throw ham around the runway #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/YIHJuHUXCL

— Ryan ✌️ (@RyanS_UK) February 1, 2022

Jimbo serving Scooby Doo luna ghost #DragRaceUK#jimbopic.twitter.com/jDPjdO4SoB

— Chris (@chrisbtw97) February 1, 2022

Jimbo was telling HER origin story #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/MQOZnmrqLy

— Liam 🌹 (@LiamGaughan98) February 1, 2022

Jimbo waiting to go on stage #UKvsTheWorld#DragRaceUKvsTheWorldpic.twitter.com/RTuXBojRIm

— Keegan (@keggerspo) February 1, 2022

Jimbo in the talent show #DragRaceUKpic.twitter.com/2l4nuUWaZ0

— Leevs x 🧣 (@HelloItsLevi) February 1, 2022

It wasn’t just Jimbo’s meme game that was strong, though, with her wacky performance ultimately earning her a spot in the top, alongside Drag Race Thailand presenter Pangina Heals.

Unfortunately, she did falter slightly during a lip sync to the Spice Girls’ Say You’ll Be There, stumbling early on before hitting the floor completely.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs. The World airs every Tuesday night at 9pm on BBC Three.

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Tuesday, March 08, 2022 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES? LEGACY: IN THE SHADOW OF GREATNESS (discovery +) TEEN MOM 2 (MTV Canada) 8:00pm STORAGE WARS (A&E Canada) 9:00pm THE THING ABOUT PAM (Global) 10:00pm DEEP FRIED DYNASTY (A&E Canada) 10:00pm NO RETREAT: BUSINESS BOOTCAMP (CNBC) 10:00pm UNDERCURRENT: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF KIM WALL (HBO Canada) 9:00pm/ 10:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT CRIME SCENE CONFIDENTIAL (TBD - Investigation Discovery) TRUE CONVICTION (TBD - Investigation Discovery)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

CRAVE TV UNDERCURRENT: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF KIM WALL: PART 1 UNDERCURRENT: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF KIM WALL: PART 2 LETTERKENNY: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

NETFLIX CANADA AN ASTROLOGICAL GUIDE FOR BROKEN HEARTS (Season 2) AUTUMN GIRL CHIP AND POTATO LAST ONE STANDING TAYLOR TOMLINSON: LOOK AT YOU

CURLING (TSN/TSN3) 10:30am: 2022 Time Hortons Brier: Pool Play (TSN/TSN3) 3:30pm: 2022 Time Hortons Brier: Pool Play (TSN) 8:30pm: 2022 Time Hortons Brier: Pool Play

WINTER PARALYMPIC GAMES (CBC) 2:00pm: Para cross-country skiing - men's and women's sprint free, Beijing Today. (CBC) 11:30pm: Wheelchair Curling: Canada vs. Slovakia

NHL HOCKEY (SNOntario/SNEast/SNPacific) 7:00pm: Panthers vs. Penguins (TSN4) 7:30pm: Kracken vs. Leafs (TSN3) 8:00pm: Lightning vs. Jets (TSN5) 8:00pm: Sens vs. Blues (SNWest) 9:00pm: Capital vs. Flames

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 7:00pm: Hornets vs. Nets (TSN2) 7:30pm: Pelicans vs. Grizzlies (SN1) 10:00pm: Clippers vs. Warriors

CHUCK AND THE FIRST PEOPLES' KITCHEN (APTN) 7:30pm: Chuck travels to Odanak to meet Luc Nolett, who takes him fishing on Lac Saint-Pierre and teaches him all about sturgeon. This special fish is a symbol of the community. As Odanak's sturgeon master, Luc is in charge of smoking the fish for powwows.

22 MINUTES (CBC) 8:00pm: "22 Minutes" puts a little spring in its step

EASY EATS (APTN) 8:00pm: Hera makes teamed stuffed snapper with an Asian dipping sauce, marinated beef kebabs with a roasted capsicum sauce, steamed pudding with custard and fruit salad.

SON OF A CRITCH (CBC) 8:30pm:  Mark collects Christmas toys for the needy, which leads to an uncomfortable discovery about one of his classmates; Pop's prodigal son shows up.

QUEST OUT WEST: WILD FOOD (APTN) 8:30pm: Tracey and actress Kelly Derrickson visit the Sunshine Farm in Kelowna and prepare a meal that blends traditional ingredients with modern fare.

WORKIN' MOMS (CBC) 9:00pm: A surprise move from Goldie sends Kate and Sloane's joint project into a tailspin; upon returning from Cochrane, tensions between Lionel and Anne are higher than ever.

GREAT CHOCOLATE SHOWDOWN (Food Network Canada) 9:00pm: The remaining nine home bakers play with pastry, as they master the art of choux; in the Elimination Challenge, the bakers must keep their cool and serve an epic ice cream sandwich.

RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE UK VS THE WORLD (Crave) 9:00pm: SEASON FINALE

TALLBOYZ (CBC) 9:30pm: Two mobsters struggle to follow a lead; the body never forgets, even after death; there's a first time for everything in dating; a scientist has a stern warning for the universe.

TRANSPLANT (CTV) 10:00pm: Bash's focus is split between the needs of patients in two countries; Dr. Bishop's emergency department goals are met with mixed support.

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Electric vs. Muscle Cars: Why Does It Have to Be This Way?

By Dave Ashton

As we have said a few times on our tinpot website, electric powertrains, they be coming. Like a Dam that has a small leak. The water flow is hardly noticeable at first, then it flows a little faster and before you know it, the whole might of the reservoir comes down.

At this point the influx of full EVs and hybrids is just a trickle in the grand scheme of things, but it seems muscle cars are a great example for the EV types to use as the nemesis poster boy for everything bad about the internal combustion engine. It’s not hard to see why. A reputation for old-style principles of huge horsepower from huge displacement engines. Modern muscle cars are almost depicted like they still have their 1969 engines installed instead of the more efficient, modern equivalents.

However, muscle cars are just a small sliver of the whole automotive market. There are also following the path of supercars by slowly introducing hybrid versions for the foreseeable future. Which means future muscle cars or E-muscle are going to slot into the performance side of things and be as eco-friendly as the rest. Strange transitional times we have at the moment, so lets see where we’re currently at and what the near future could possibly bring us.

Attitudes soon change The golden eagle website performed a survey back in February 2018 for ‘America’s Top Dream Cars.’ What would have been 10 years ago a list of only muscle and supercars, is now a more broad mix which also include electrics. The Mustang is in at number one, with Tesla number two and the Jeep Wrangler at number three. Chevy and Dodge are in their with the Camaro, ‘Vette and Hellcat, but there’s also the Tesla Model X and even the Toyota Prius at number eight. The data is also split off into other subcategories, like gender, region and dream car traits.

EV’s don’t win across the board as you would think. Luxury and efficiency dominate, with comfort and convenience, size, safety and fuel efficiency being prized over full electrics.

Electric vs. the world In any good hero movie, the lead character needs an enemy. For the current EV’s in the performance category, i.e. mostly Teslas, the muscle car is an ideal candidate. You will have to check out websites like teslarati.com who almost on a daily basis featured a video of a Tesla in a drag race with some sort of muscle car. These drag races have so much weighted in the favor of electrics it’s untrue, but more on this later.

Fully electric production muscle cars are probably a long way off, but custom built electrics – the best of the old and new are already in development. The UK based company Charge have a Ford Mustang which brings huge power and torque to a classic design. That’s 0-62 mph in just 3.09 seconds.

Chevy already have their eCOPO Camaro. Still a concept car, but it’s already throwing down 9 second quarter mile passes with the equivalent of 780 horsepower. The powertrain could also point to the future of electric crate engines. They also have the electric drift car the 2019 Chevrolet Camaro EL1 named ‘Freedom One’ making 515HP and 800 lb-ft of torque.

Even Arnie who likes his muscle cars and Hummers, has had a few of his vehicles converted to electric. The below video is clearly tongue in cheek, but like he stated on Jay Leno, ‘“It is not the car that is bad, it is the technology under the hood that is the polluter. Let’s improve the technology, so we can drive any car that we want.’ Is Arnie against his old V8’s? I guess not, but the ultimate government led initiatives are clearly pushing us all in the direction of all electrics if we like it or not. ‘Polluter’ seems to be the key word here. If V8’s could be made emissions free, everyone would be happy.

Performance versus Tin Cans Even though the take-up of pure electrics and hybrids aren’t as fast as government initiatives would like, the market is already splitting into the E-performance and E-autonomous daily drive sectors.

Everyone from Aston Martin to VW have some form of hybrid or electric in the works. BMW with their concept M cars for instance, focusing on the driving experience of hybrids and electrics. Dodge recently announced a catch up in the hybrid and electric side of things. The Hellcat in Charger and Challenger models could get hybrid powertrains in the future. Ford have a Mustang-inspired SUV for 2020, 16 pure electric models worldwide by 2022.

But what about our humble V8 engines? The muscle car models may continue, but what about all that raw excitement and heritage? An article over at Howstuffworks.com covers, ‘Gas-powered vs. Electric Cars: Which Is Faster?’ In summary quick and fast are two different things. ‘Quick’ is getting from A to B, while ‘Fast’ is the top speed. Ev’s are quicker, but not faster than ICE equivalents. So, an EV is quicker off the line, but ICEs are still better at sustaining those top speeds. It’s why teslarati.com always feature drag races against muscle cars. The EV’s are quick off the line, but can be overtaken pretty quickly at the top. Until EV’s develop a better transmission system, this will stay the case. Not a problem for the daily commuting EVs, but performance vehicles are a different matter.

V8 heritage will never go away. Imagine a few decades from now. Automated electric tin boxes will drive us stress free to and from work. No more smog, silent roads, our planet is saved, love and harmony and all that. Utopia has been achieved…..hmmm.

Performance electric vehicles may become the norm., but there’s something missing, a lot missing. Raw vibrations and sounds, the smell…yes, the smell. We are essentially sensory creatures, so taking those elements away from the joys of driving, especially in a car with a V8 will result in a very sterile world.

V8 muscle cars will ultimately be a very niche part of the market. Oh, they already are. Maybe a special licence to use gasoline or adaptions to use another fuel source, but they will always be around. Cleanup the rest of the world’s polluters and all the rain forests being chopped down and there should be no reason why we can’t go for a blast in a huge supercharged V8.

The elephant in the room: what’s the alternative to the mighty V8? Lets see an ‘E-8’ instead of a ‘V8’ for future muscle cars. The best of the old and new, brought together. It’s going to take some careful planning and changes in perception, but E-muscle cars are a definite direction.

Dealing with Today ‘It’s going to get worse before it gets better,’ seems to be the writing on the wall. Emission laws, gas guzzlers taxes and insurance bills are going to do a lot of the short term, squeezing for muscle cars. European emissions rules have already put the clamps on future Corvette and Camaro sales because of the 6.2-liter small-block LT1 V8.

Hybrid muscle cars seem to the next step, then possibly all electrics, but makers also have an eye on their past heritage. The Rolling Stones could release a Dub Step album tomorrow which may get critical acclaim, but it may not please the fans who have been buying into their stuff for the last 300 years. It has to start with a slow integration, a few side projects, but then there’s always the case of alienating some of the fan base.

Tricky times ahead, but all petrol heads…. or is it ‘EV heads’ now, want the same thing. The best in car performance. Electric seems to be spoiling the party for the short term and using muscle cars as an anti-hero. But, just like when muscle cars first came out, they will always offer value for horsepower and raw fun. From now on its how to crowbar electric into that equation and beat present EV’s at their own game.

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