Cheapest Supercar

[bristolracer]

Porsche 928

[PompeyPaul]

MX5?

[crazy about cars]

///M135 and Golf R = Junior Supercars

[DonkeyApple]

cerb4.5lee said:

Vlad always thought the M135i was a junior supercar so I would tend to agree, he also had a 335d so really the thread should end here!

Does this also mean that a camper van is also a super car if you mention on every thread that you paid for it with cash?

[ZOLLAR]

Diablo for £90,000 (sure to go up in Value?)

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=us...


Murci at just under £75,000

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/l...

[Gad-Westy]

My own definition of a supercar is a mid engine wedge which will have people reaching for their camera phones everywhere you go. Hard to look past the 348 and Esprit, though I think its worth mentioning the Noble M12.

[ZOLLAR]

This is quite tasty and less than £30,000

Ferrari 456M

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

Edit, although the advert is a bit iffy

[mwstewart]

Ferrari 360 or early Gallardos are the cheapest supercars I can think of.

[kambites]

I think probably the Esprit V8 for me.

[The Moose]

mwstewart said:

Ferrari 360 or early Gallardos are the cheapest supercars I can think of.

I guess some people wouldn't call the Gallardo a supercar. I guess that's just it - everyone defines these things differently.

[Mafffew]

How is a Gallardo not a supercar? Will the Huracan be put in the same bracket in a few years as well? If a Gallardo doesn't count then you can't be counting older generation Ferraris either. They look the business, sound great and produce about high 400s low 500s BHP.

Nissan GT-Rs count? The 550 bhp models do 0-60 in under 3 seconds, sitting around £60k. There are some Litchfield tuned ones that produce even more for cheaper.

Edited by Mafffew on Wednesday 25th March 08:21

[V8covin]

You can get the supercar look from a 300zx twin turbo for a pittance

[snowley]

we need a defined set of rules here, then we can get a definitive answer........

[Cerberaherts]

IanMorewood said:

Maserati 3200, Ferrari v8 with twin turbos in an Italian styled body. All for less than ten thousand if you shop about.

The 3200 was a Maserati engine. Used in the late Ghibli's and earlier shape QP's. Ferrari built the engine in the 4200 onwards..

[ILoveMondeo]

The Moose said:

mwstewart said:

Ferrari 360 or early Gallardos are the cheapest supercars I can think of.

I guess some people wouldn't call the Gallardo a supercar. I guess that's just it - everyone defines these things differently.

Indeed, I'm probably inclined to say they are very fancy "sports cars"... but by that rationale a 458 is a sports car and the la ferrari is the super, but that's a hyper... oh christ. I dont care any more!

Trying to boil down what a "super car" is, is bloody hard.

I dont think it's just performance.

Badge
Exclusivity (translation... Price = expensive)
Pretty quick, but we all know with a fraction of the money you can get a skyline that'll smash it.
pointy looking

so a 3200 is just a nice GT that has nose-dived in value, not a super car.

some Ferrari examples of my thinking
older models = classics, prices all over the place based on condition/mileage/provenance/etc
355/360... was super, now a classic/modern-classic, see above
430 borderline super/modern-classic
458 Super
Enzo / La Ferrari = Hyper

[Skylinecrazy]

crazy about cars said:

///M135 and Golf R = Junior Supercars

They equal fast hatchbacks.

Supercars are about noise and head turning looks.

[Lefty]

V8covin said:

You can get the supercar look from a 300zx twin turbo for a pittance

Your definition of supercar is different to mine!

[Gompo]

It's not definitive by any stretch, but I naturally think a supercar has to have the engine behind the driver, not just for dynamics but it also helps have a more distinctive look.

[Pints]

Lefty said:

Your definition of supercar is different to mine!

There's a difference between a super car and supercar.

[zedx19]

Define "Supercar".