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[Selcouth_Feline]

It might sound like a silly question, but what exactly makes a supercar? A couple of us at work have been debating over what exactly constitutes a supercar and none of us agree

Is it price? Because I personally don't class things like Rolls Royces and Bentleys in the supercar category.
Is it 0-60 mph time? The Ferrari 328 does 0-60 in around 6 seconds - the BMW Z4 M Coupe has a 0-60 of around 5 seconds and it's not a supercar.
Is it the name? Because everyone seems to be classing the Alfa 8C as a supercar and yet it's "just an Alfa".
Is it the history of the marque? Lotus has a racing pedigree yet I wouldn't class most of their offerings as supercars.
The rarity? I think I've only ever seen one other Lotus Exige on the road, yet it's more a sports car than a supercar

[EwanM]

"POWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEERRRRRR"

[Hanwombat]

An engine COULD help

[welshie]

A supercar needs to be un-accessible to 99.9% of the population. It needs to be effortlessly fast . . . and I mean fast, yet not need to be driven fast for people to know that it is! But most of all it needs to make you feel 10years old when you look at it.

[al4x]

hmm id say top speed is one of the most importnt, its hard to classify

a lotus exige S and better has amzing acceleration but tops out at 150mph i think, like the 111r elise but it handles brilliantly and it doesnt make a supercar but its alot better than alot of supercars i bet!

cost, speed, acceleration, handling, cost and WOW factor must be all 8-9 out of 10 or something like that

[Stephen]

The thing is, would you classify a Ferrari 360 as a supercar? It's falling in value at the moment - circa £40k?

[bud]

a super car is a car more at home on the race track than the street.

[madbrad]

During the Musclecar era, they didn't know they were in such an era at the time and so did not have the term "musclecar". The fastest of them were called supercars, like the homologated Dodge Charger Daytona and Plymouth Superbird.