Genesis’ Old-School EV and 11 Others Built for Drivers Who Still Care

The Genesis old-school EV and a few others seem made for the kind of driver who still thinks about driving. They’re not cold yet, not distant. There’s a trace of real feeling behind how they move. You can sense someone thought about steering feel and pacing, just a little. Maybe that’s what still makes them worth noticing.

Genesis GV60

Feels new but not fresh in a loud way. The smoothness hides something mechanical underneath, something proud. Steering still means something here, even if most people wouldn’t notice. Feels like a mix of the past hiding inside the future. You can’t tell where it turns from memory into newness.

BMW i4

The i4 feels like BMW trying to remember its purpose. It’s electric, but the feedback feels familiar somehow. There’s weight in the turn, not much, just enough. Quiet on freeways, confident but unsure on backroads. Maybe that’s what driving is now, a confused kind of focus.

Polestar 2

The Polestar 2 never sounds impressed with itself. Feels designed by someone who doesn’t talk much. You drive it and feel calm, like it doesn’t care if you approve. The power is quick, then quiet again. It’s a car that’s thinking about something else and lets you join in sometimes.

Tesla Model 3 Performance

Still fast, still strange in how it hides speed. You expect noise but get silence that feels faster. Steering sharp but light, like sand under your fingers. It feels good sometimes, oddly cold other times. Maybe being the reference car wore it out a bit.

Lexus RZ

The RZ feels polite. Smooth motion, quiet space, everything tidy. There’s effort in its calmness that feels heavy, though. Like it wants approval more than connection. Still, there’s something about the balance in corners. Makes you think they tried harder than they needed to.

Porsche Taycan

Feels like precision stacked on top of silence. Every motion trimmed clean. There’s no drama, which somehow makes it dramatic. You forget it’s electric until you stop. Maybe that’s what real drivers like—the feeling of not needing to talk about it. Even standing still, it looks honest.

Audi e-tron GT

Shares a lot quietly with the Taycan, but softer around the edges. Its weight feels sorted, steady more than sharp. Interior glows faintly, like someone’s living room. There’s comfort in how serious it feels without explaining why. Drives like it remembers what restraint used to mean.

Mercedes EQE Sedan

The EQE is too clean maybe. It wants to be a sedan from 2040 but feels like 2015, just quieter. Steering is heavy in the right way, though, and the ride carries an echo of something human. You get out thinking about refinement, not speed. That might be the point.

Cadillac Lyriq

The Lyriq feels solid, wide, deliberate. It moves with something like patience. Not in a hurry to show off, but there’s a crackle under the surface. The sense that it might surprise you when no one’s watching. Feels like Cadillac remembering how it used to stand tall.

Ford Mustang Mach-E GT

Big name, small noise. It doesn’t feel like the Mustangs before it, but it doesn’t really want to. Quick off the line but calm once you settle in. There’s still a trace of tension in the steering. Maybe not old-school, but there’s still something here for real drivers if they want to find it.

Hyundai Ioniq 6

Looks strange, feels smooth. The weight shifts soft but confident. It’s quiet even when it’s being quick, and maybe that’s fine. The steering has more life than expected, like someone secretly tuned it for fun. A car that doesn’t need to prove it’s electric all the time. Feels finished and unfinished at once.