What's the most practical supercar?

[Kayos]

Originally Posted by SM1DY

Then what is your definition of a supercar? I see you crossing out options, but not proposing anything yourself.

Is that your way of having an opinion, without getting any skin in the game?

Did you read the thread?? I proposed that my most practical supercar would be the Audi R8, if you want some further info as to why my opinion stipluates that and not so much that the GTR would be that a supercar should begin with 2 seats not 4...

Just an opinion smidy, the lap times vary on drivers and evos,wrx,gtr or anything slanted are sports cars, quick yes some, supercars, big nope.

ps I had a aus rx7 2 seats years ago, practical no, supercar no, and thats before the imports flooded. Point is you can't take these cars for a trip to the country unless you have an overnight bag and not a couple of suitcases. Or 2 backseat drivers...

A supercar is more than 2 seats and less than 4 for starters. Any car you'd like to raise with me must have 2 seats no option for 4

Theres some skin.

[RULE303]

Originally Posted by Kayos

Did you read the thread?? I proposed that my most practical supercar would be the Audi R8, if you want some further info as to why my opinion stipluates that and not so much that the GTR would be that a supercar should begin with 2 seats not 4...

Just an opinion smidy, the lap times vary on drivers and evos,wrx,gtr or anything slanted are sports cars, quick yes some, supercars, big nope.

ps I had a aus rx7 2 seats years ago, practical no, supercar no, and thats before the imports flooded. Point is you can't take these cars for a trip to the country unless you have an overnight bag and not a couple of suitcases. Or 2 backseat drivers...

A supercar is more than 2 seats and less than 4 for starters. Any car you'd like to raise with me must have 2 seats no option for 4

Theres some skin.

so the ferrari ff, 599 or California aren't supercars? Not one modern porsche 911 is a supercar? Don't get me started on Aston Martins!

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by Kayos

A supercar is more than 2 seats and less than 4 for starters. Any car you'd like to raise with me must have 2 seats no option for 4

Woot!


Falcon ute is a supercar!

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by Kayos

I get that the Nissan is still a godzilla but it's not a "supercar" imo, I don't care if it pulls 6's or 0to100 in 2, it's a super sports car...

See, this is where the hair is split...


"super sports car"

Oxford list the definition of a super car as "a high-performance sports car".


Look at the Veyron...its not so much as a sports car, but Grand tourer when compared to say, a 430 Scuderia, but both are accepted as "supercars". The same can be said with a F40 v's XJ220...both vastly different ways of achieving supercar status...but the GT-R needs "sports" between "super" and "car"?

And really, for a Japanese built car, its:

• Exclusive
• Shows the best of Japanese engineering and design
• Fast
• Expensive

All the things that qualify a Enzo to be Italy's Supercar...

[Express]

This was in today’s Herald.

One Californian man’s idea of a supercar.

The Epitome of supercars

Date: August 19, 2013 - 4:58PM
Chris Woodyard
Radical Veyron fighter from luxury yacht designer sets sail at Pebble Beach.


Laraki Epitome Supercar.


As supercars go, it would be hard to find one more eye-opening than the deeply sculpted Laraki Epitome.
The Laraki is the creation of a California-based start-up founded by yacht and car designer Abdesslam Laraki.
He was outside the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, in Monterey near San Francisco, over the weekend trying to drum up interest in his idea for a supercar.
The Laraki would be built around a 7.0-litre, quad-turbocharged V8 engine producing anywhere from 1001 to 1750 horsepower - or 746kW to 1305kW. That automatically puts it the same league as a Bugatti Veyron.
The body would be made entirely of carbon fibre, with an aluminium chassis. Total weight is said to be just 1400 kilograms - about as much as a Mazda3.
Priced at US $2 million ($2.17m), Laraki envisions building nine of his supercars.
"The reaction is more than encouraging - no-one is expecting it," Laraki says.

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[Kayos]

Originally Posted by Nikked

See, this is where the hair is split...


"super sports car" Carefactor for Oxford 0

Oxford list the definition of a super car as "a high-performance sports car".


Look at the Veyron...its not so much as a sports car, but Grand tourer when compared to say, a 430 Scuderia, but both are accepted as "supercars". The same can be said with a F40 v's XJ220...both vastly different ways of achieving supercar status...but the GT-R needs "sports" between "super" and "car"?

Really the players of the world wake up and think hhhmm should I take the Veyron the 430 or the GT-R??

And really, for a Japanese built car, its:

• Exclusive (Really compared to what in australia let alone anywhere else)
• Shows the best of Japanese engineering and design (true, all they have right now, sure the toyota guys are looking at finding you right now lol)
• Fast (correct)
• Expensive (Really compared to what supercar)

All the things that qualify a Enzo to be Italy's Supercar...

I feel that this is going no place unless you find something other than the GT-R as a practical supercar I'm stickin to R8..

[Ben73]

Last year in Las Vegas I had an opportunity to drive a supercar around a racetrack.

There were 6 cars to choose from. Immediately I crossed the Nissan GTR and the Porsche off the list. Leaving a Lambo, Ferrari, Aston Martin and Audi R8.
Yes the GTR and Porsche are fast, but they do nothing for me.
I don't see them as full on supercars. I think they are just really good sports cars.
I ended up in the Lamborghini Gallardo V10.

Maybe the GTR is faster, but I don't care. I regret nothing.
It's all about personal preference.

[Fireblade]

**** this is a practical supercar thread not what supercar is better than the other around a freakin track or what sounded better or what looks better yada yada.

[SM1DY]

That's interesting, because the not supercar GTR spanks the R8 up and down.

[SM1DY]

Nope, it's painted blue so it's not a supercar.

It doesn't have electronic lumber support, so it's not a supercar.

It's got less than 4 presets on the radio, so it's not a supercar.

It hasn't got colour-coded door jams, so it's not a supercar.

Shall I be more arbitrary?

[Express]

I know it’s getting a bit long in the tooth these days but if I had a Porsche Carrera GT in my garage, I’d happily spend the rest of my life pretending it was practical.

http://youtu.be/vE_WqdKbTvY



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[CAT600]

Apparently mid-engine is the definition of supercar... so a Giocattolo Grp B is a supercar, as is a Pontiac Fiero and a MG F

Bad Nissan... BAD!... you should have known that Front Midship was going to lose you an argument on AFF.... damn you practicality!!!

Daniel

[Kayos]

I knew that the ute buys would jump on board and be wrapped after my 2 seat opinion but what happened to mx5s or brz...and lets not forget the toyota LFA lovers!! seriously
Porsche will always go down in my book and the carrera GT is anything but a sports car, thats a supercar and the 918 coming a hypocar and yes that was my next point supercars have been rear/mid engined..
I never said I wouldn't love to own a GT-R and never said it wouldn't slam some lambourghini's or Fezza's etc etc but I stick to that it isn't a supercar and I'd place good money that the world media agree

[Fireblade]

So an LFA isn't even a supercar? Seriously?

[Kayos]

Originally Posted by Fireblade

So an LFA isn't even a supercar? Seriously?

I didn't say that???? I was waiting for someone to bring it up....

[SS_01]

Its pretty straight forward I thought, a Supercar is an exclusive exotic car that gives you reasonable performance with a price tag of 250k plus, and a hypercar is an exclusive exotic car that gives you Hyper Performance for mass price tag.

GTR is a mass produced performance car, with next to no exclusivity because its attainable price tag. A fantastic car it is, a supercar it ain't. This is why that when compared to actual supercars, it is known around the traps as "The Supercar Slayer"

[SS_01]

Oh, and for practicality, the Audi R8 would have my vote.

[Kayos]

Originally Posted by SS_01

Oh, and for practicality, the Audi R8 would have my vote.

Go kimi!!! he's got my vote too

[Nikked]

Apparently this isn't a supercar either...

-Cheap, half the price of an Enzo...
-Front engine, tisk tisk...