How many failed supercars in the last 10 years?

[Frimley111R]

Following on from today's news story and comments, it was asked 'How many supercars have seen that will be awesome etc fail to make it in the past 10 years?'

[rodericb]

Here is a couple of threads from years gone by:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Benni]

I hope that "Chaos" does not end on this list.

https://automotive.spyrospanopoulos.com/chaos/

scroll down for interesting specs and engineering p0rn pics

[Puddenchucker]

I'm still holding out for the Keating Bolt

[parabolica]

Hundreds I would guess. I was thinking about this a few months back after SniffPetrol posted this on this twitter:

[ingenieur]

Ask a more interesting question, what is the most successful failed supercar. Probably TVR.

There are a lot of cars made with the intention of selling lots but in this country in particular it peters out due to high wages, high taxes, lack of enthusiasm by everyone except the original investor / designer. So there are a lot of one-off cars which never get past first base despite promises that they're revolutionary and everyone will want one.

[Puddenchucker]

ingenieur said:

Ask a more interesting question, what is the most successful failed supercar. Probably TVR.

There are a lot of cars made with the intention of selling lots but in this country in particular it peters out due to high wages, high taxes, lack of enthusiasm by everyone except the original investor / designer. So there are a lot of one-off cars which never get past first base despite promises that they're revolutionary and everyone will want one.

By that metric, it could be argued the McLaren F1.
Original target was 300 cars, only 106 were built including the prototypes & race cars.

[Equus]

Frimley111R said:

Following on from today's news story and comments, it was asked 'How many supercars have seen that will be awesome etc fail to make it in the past 10 years?'

The list would be considerably shorter if it was asked: 'How many supercars have we seen that actually made it in the past 10 years?'

If we're talking about new marques, I doubt you'd run out of fingers on one foot.

[Gary C]

I just wish Jaguar had made the original concept C-X75

[ingenieur]

Puddenchucker said:

ingenieur said:

Ask a more interesting question, what is the most successful failed supercar. Probably TVR.

There are a lot of cars made with the intention of selling lots but in this country in particular it peters out due to high wages, high taxes, lack of enthusiasm by everyone except the original investor / designer. So there are a lot of one-off cars which never get past first base despite promises that they're revolutionary and everyone will want one.

By that metric, it could be argued the McLaren F1.
Original target was 300 cars, only 106 were built including the prototypes & race cars.

I don't think you can really call the Mclaren F1 a failure in any sense... apart from possibly that one. Not a strong candidate for a failed supercar. I would expect the company to be out of business rather than making thousands of cars a year if their car had failed.

[TGCOTF-dewey]

Gary C said:

I just wish Jaguar had made the original concept C-X75

Agreed. Very pretty and one of the most musical 4 pots (after the GT idea was dropped) ever.

As an engineer, I really like the Czinger too. The generative/evolutionary design and 3d printing is very clever.

[HTP99]

Puddenchucker said:

I'm still holding out for the Keating Bolt

Lol, that instantly came to mind, the detailing and quality was something else!!