| Have you ever wondered, what makes a car a | | | | handling, power-to-weight ratio, style, rarity, price |
| supercar? | | | | - all of these has to be super in a supercar. |
| Asking what makes a car super is like asking, | | | | Want an example? Here is a prime example of a |
| what makes a woman beautiful - everyone has | | | | supercar - The Bugatti Veyron. |
| its own opinion. | | | | The Bugatti Veyron is currently (2007) the most |
| A term supercar was coined to describe | | | | expensive (around $1.5 million) and fastest fully |
| extremely expensive, extremely beautiful and | | | | street legal car in the world. The Guinness Book |
| extremely fast cars. But the proper use of this | | | | of World Records included Bugatti Veyron under |
| term is often subjective and disputed, especially | | | | the heading - Fastest Production Car. With 1001 |
| among enthusiasts. There is no clear definition of | | | | horsepower this supercar champion features all |
| what characteristics a car must have to be a | | | | the most recent automotive advancements and is |
| supercar. What constitutes a supercar is often a | | | | able to achieve a top speed of 253 mph (407km |
| matter of opinion. Also, the use of the term is | | | | h). This is faster than any production car ever |
| heavily dependent on the era - a car that is | | | | made, it's actually faster than Formula 1 cars. |
| considered to be a supercar at one time may | | | | Supercars are not just fast, they are blazingly |
| lose its superiority in the future. | | | | fast. |
| It is also important to know that the term | | | | Other supercars include: Koenigsegg CCX, Pagani |
| supercar refers to factory-built, usually | | | | Zonda, McLaren F1, Saleen S7 Twin Turbo, Enzo |
| unmodified, street-legal cars. Heavily modified and | | | | Ferrari, Lamborghini Murcielago and so on. |
| potentially street - illegal vehicles do not fall into | | | | On the fun side, if you ever doubt whether a car |
| the supercar category. Supercars are not muscle | | | | is a supercar or not, consider this: A car might be |
| cars or tuned up sports cars. And there is no | | | | a supercar if - you have a wallpaper or a poster |
| such thing as a cut price supercar. | | | | of it, it's worth more than your house, you drool |
| A supercar is a car that combines speed, handling, | | | | when you see one, it can break the speed limit in |
| unique design and represents the pinnacle of the | | | | 1st gear, you will probably never own one, but if |
| automaker's art. Supercar is the car equivalent of | | | | you do, you would never give the keys to the |
| a supermodel or a race horse. There are, off | | | | valet. |
| course, some basic criteria for measuring whether | | | | In conclusion, a supercar is a car that changes |
| a car should be considered a supercar or not. | | | | your idea of what a car is and what a car can do. |
| Things to consider: design, acceleration, top speed, | | | | |