Sports Car or Super Car ?

[IceMan]

Hi All,

Got some banter going on in the office as to which category the 911 falls into.

If we took the current incarnations 996+997, I am saying that most are sports cars and the Turbo or more powerful motors are super cars?! Maybe I have got it wrong?

What is the deffinition of a Super Car and if so is the 911 one?

IceMan




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[Carrera]

I'd say 911 is a sports car. Supercars are silly money and silly power like Zonda, Lambo, Enzo, CGT, and that no sain person will use it as everyday car. The fact that you can use a 911 as everyday car pretty much rules it out.

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[Fuchs]

911 turbo = SUPERCAR.


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[Rob J]

My 10 year old son, says "Dad this is a super car"....that's good enough for me...Supercar it is

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[Porsche]

the 993 probably was in it's day, but now days everyone seems to sell a £65k super car, that can clock 60 in about 5 and go onward to 175mph......

thus real super cars have headed off in the £120k+ category with 0-60 closer to 4 secs and 200mph performace

so I guess that makes it a Sports Coupe ?




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[Rodders]

Quote: Originally posted by Sundeep on 14 November 2005

the 993 probably was in it's day, but now days everyone seems to sell a £65k super car, that can clock 60 in about 5 and go onward to 175mph......

thus real super cars have headed off in the £120k+ category with 0-60 closer to 4 secs and 200mph performace

so I guess that makes it a Sports Coupe ?




sportscar...................sports coupes are the likes of my Corrado and the other coupes made by mainstream car makers

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[IceMan]

So if it were down to performance only, I'm guessing a super car would need to be:

200 mph

0-60 sub 4.5 secs

IMHO !

IceMan


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[Freddie]

Quote: Originally posted by Sundeep on 14 November 2005

the 993 probably was in it's day, but now days everyone seems to sell a £65k super car, that can clock 60 in about 5 and go onward to 175mph......

ummmm ... wonder why you think the 993 was a super car in its day?!

The 911 has always been a sports car (even in turbo guise)


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[Robertb]

Sports car I'd say.

In terms of definition of "Supercar".

A supercar is the sort of car that would be on a poster on kids' walls, the sort of car that causes a stir when you park up.

Performance is not the be all and end all, but it needs to be near the top of the class.

A supercar is wildly impractical, expensive to run, and very rare.

A Lamborghini Miura is IMO the definitive supercar, although it would be comfortably outrun in most environments by a half decent hot-hatch now...


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[Don777]

I agree with Robert. A Supercar makes young kids drool, it stops people in the street from what they're doing. Even the older generation raise a creaky eyebrow when one passes by.

I'd like to propose a new category for our nearest and dearest in honour of it's 40+ years....Thoroughbred SportsCar. Now there aren't too many cars that fit into that category.


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