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The seventh generation SL, an automotive icon since its launch in 1954, got modern updates like all-wheel-drive and a power-folding fabric top in this iteration. Two potent engine configurations are also available: a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 with 480 hp in the SL 55 or 560 hp in the SL 63. A plug-in hybrid SL arrives next year.

\"Mercedes-AMG is right in its transition phase and well prepared for a pure electric future,\" Schiemer said. \"The V-8 is not dead. It will survive also in combination with our E Performance hybrid technology.\"

Porsche's nimble 718 Cayman and Boxster mid-engine sports cars are going electric by 2025, according to a report from Car and Driver. That may explain the massive demand for the 2023 Cayman GT4 RS, a naturally aspirated, 493 hp road rocket with a 9,000 RPM redline. Even longtime Porsche owners can't get an allocation for one. A Porsche spokesperson would not confirm the 718 report, telling ABC News: \"As a matter of policy we are not able to comment on speculation about future products.\"

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Ralph Gilles, chief design officer at Stellantis and a serious enthusiast, has pledged that Dodge's Charger and Challenger muscle cars will still appeal to fanatics when they go electric. Dodge is preparing to launch an electric muscle car by 2024, according to CEO Tim Kuniskis, with production of the revered supercharged Hellcat V-8 engine ending next year.

\"We are pretty confident that we have several good solutions that will be an alternative visceral stimulus. We're going to thrill in a different way,\" Gilles told ABC News.

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Brauer is skeptical; Hellcat muscle cars \"selling like crazy\" and collectors are \"scrambling\" to get one, he said. Jominy, however, disagrees.

\"The muscle car segment is shrinking rapidly. An electrified powertrain brings it relevance,\" he said.

Cadillac's Roma acknowledged that building performance EVs are more challenging and engineers are struggling with the nascent technology.

\"Can you cool the battery, can you make the car light enough? All that becomes more difficult,\" he said. \"There is no defined recipe for an EV performance car.\"

Enthusiasts will have to accept that internal combustion engines are not going to make a comeback, Jominy explained.

\"The train is not stopping. Electrifying cars is the way to go in terms of performance -- not just for emissions,\" he said.

There is a silver lining, though: this recent crop of sports cars will at least satiate the desires and wants of performance die-hards and muscle car fans.

\"Automakers are going out with their best-ever engines. These will be some of the most-sought after vehicles,\" Jominy said.

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