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I think that the SLS AMG is the best because it has brilliant handling (when tuned right) but it can also offer a challenge if you want it to
Josh848evoI think that the SLS AMG is the best because it has brilliant handling (when tuned right) but it can also offer a challenge if you want it to
DDAAVVIIDD82https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=245583
You posted this thread already, why post it again now?
TankAss95Define 'Supercar'
Has to be the Lambo Aventador, or the Murcialago LP670-4 SV. However the Nissan GT-R Black Edition can keep up no problem at all and is the car I would buy.
Nope,supercar,exotic,hypercar. At the end of the day its the same category
Eric WTrue, they are all still considered "sports cars". The term 'Supercar' is used mainly to describe the expensive high end of the 'sports car' category.
This is how each of these cars are categorized.
Supercars: Bugatti Veyron, McLaren F1, Saleen S7, Viper ACR
Exotic Cars: Lamborghini Aventador, Murcielago, Ferrari F40, F50, Enzo
Sport Cars: Corvette ZR1, Z06, Dodge Viper, Lexus LFA, Acura NSX, RUF CTR, BTR, TVR Tuscan
Grand Tourer: Mercedes SLR, SLS, Ferrari 599, Ferrari California
Sport Sedans: BMW's, Audis, Mercedes, Lexus
tfed
Supercar=cars we dream of ha,hence why we bought GT
Exotic= cars you may see once a month randomly driving around
Sports cars= cars you see rather frequantly and you lust for,maybe you could swing monthly payments,but your eating ramen for 3 meals
Agreed x10HuskyGTIn the end, I think that categorizing a car has become very difficult in the last decades with all the parts sharing, cross-overs and many variations of one model, sometimes even going as far as being shared by two or three different manufacturers.
HuskyGTAgree with above posts. We need to define "Super Car." For me, Super Car is different than "Exotic." This is how I categorize cars:
A Super Car in my point of view, is a car that has been made to break all the limits of performance leaving behind luxury, efficiency and practicality. SOME (not all) of these are not even street legal. A good example of these could be the Dodge Viper ACR or the more extreme Viper ACR-X. The Saleen S7, Mostler MT900 and Pagani Zonda R. In very rare cases the practicality has been taken care of, making them more then a fair daily drivers, just like the McLaren F1. But that's a very rare case.
An Exotic could be defined as a car that doesn't compromise anything, and it's all about high end technology and features. These cars might exhibit flamboyant design, rediculous amounts of horsepower, or extremely unefficient engines. In some of these, the high end luxury and comfort features makes them great daily drivers. A good example of this might be the Bugatti Veyron or the Mercedes Benz SL65 AMG. Others might sacrifice a bit of luxury for performance like the Lamborghini Murcielago. And some have evolved thier driveablility thanks to technology, leaving them between the Exotic and Super Car category. Example, the Lamborghini Aventador. Their prize is in most cases far beyond what the car might deliver and it's just based on how rare the car can be like with the Lexus LFA.
There could also be another category which I like to think of as Specialized Sports Cars. These cars are somewhat accessible to the general public(in some cases) asince they can be based from really cheap economy cars as the Honda Civic to luxury sedans as the BMW 5 Series. These make also great daily drivers as most of them are based on regular models, though they might also sacrifice comfort and effeciency for performance. Example: BMW M5, BMW M3, Dodge Viper SRT/10, Corvette ZO6, Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari California, Mercedes Benz SL55, Mercedes Benz C63, Lotus Esprit, Honda Civic Type R, Ford Focus RS, Nissan Fairlady Z, Nissan Skyline, Lexus IS-F, Nissan GTR.
Another category would clasify as Purist Sports Cars. These cars do things the wrong way for good reasons. Luxury is not their strength, comfort is not an option, efficiency and durability is not the most important aspect either. Safety is a joke. Their performance is often way below what their numbers might suggest in some cases, and in some they might be faster than one might think though demanding the driver more than he might be able to acheive. But these are probably the most enjoyable sports cars. Examples might be all the TVR models, the Lotus Elise and the old Ruf models.
Note that my method of classifying cars is not very exact and some cars might be stuck between categories.
tfedSupercar=cars we dream of ha,hence why we bought GT
Exotic= cars you may see once a month randomly driving around
Sports cars= cars you see rather frequantly and you lust for,maybe you could swing monthly payments,but your eating ramen for 3 meals
Supercar=cars we dream of ha,hence why we bought GT
Exotic= cars you may see once a month randomly driving around
Sports cars= cars you see rather frequantly and you lust for,maybe you could swing monthly payments,but your eating ramen for 3 meals
Example of a supercar?
SUPER- adj.
1. Very large, great, or extreme
2. Excellent; first-rate
Super Cars for me, over excel in every category or test it performs; performance, handling, speed, comfort, usability, and affordability. These are practical sports cars compared to exotics, that perform well beyond what their price tags would suggest, some costing 1/2 the price of an exotic, and some like the GTR costing a 1/10 of some exotics. Most supercars barely fall short, and in some cases exceed some exotics in performance, but sacrifice the exclusivity of those unique, rare, and expensive exotic cars stated above. Supercars typically are the first ones to recieve the technologies and innovations implimented by the Exotics.
Examples: ZR1/ZO6, VIPERS(all), Porsche 911's, Nissan GTR, SLS, 458 italia, f430, Gallardo, R8, and the list goes on.
General cost: $70k-$300k
suprtrukr425I have seen maybe a dozen Ferrari's in my lifetime on the streets, and when I hear "exotic" that is the first brand that comes to mind. Where on earth do people see them once a month? Unless maybe someone who lives near you has one, and you see them drive it once a month?
*edit* - I would have to name the Corvette ZR1 as my favorite super car, and the ENZO as my favorite exotic car.