The best supercars to buy in 2020

[ukkid35]

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-features/the-b...

Can't disagree with their selection, but it is rather disappointing that they have used the stock Racing Green photo rather than one of far better photos on this forum

[anonymous-user]

Bit thin on actual super cars?

[Jhonno]

TVRMs said:

Bit thin on actual super cars?

Define Supercar.. At what point does a Sports Car become a Supercar?

They even say they have stretched it a bit to make the list.. Don't think there are many supercars for 25k, Cerbera probably is the closest thing and used to give Supercars of era a bloody nose. A supercar for the average Joe perhaps.

[anonymous-user]

TVRMs said:

Jhonno said:

TVRMs said:

Bit thin on actual super cars?

Define Supercar.. At what point does a Sports Car become a Supercar?

They even say they have stretched it a bit to make the list.. Don't think there are many supercars for 25k, Cerbera probably is the closest thing and used to give Supercars of era a bloody nose. A supercar for the average Joe perhaps.

Don’t think there are any super cars for 25k. A Cerb delivers good performance for 25k, but not sure it’s a super car.

Can’t find a definition, so more perception and opinion?

Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 29th November 07:59

[CanoeSniffer]

I’m quite happy with that definition! Shh before someone changes it

I also notice absolutely zero mention of engine so I’m keeping the supercar moniker, two cylinders short or not

[aide]

Dunno.

I love my Cerbera.

I really do.

Supercar or not.

It's all pretty subjective, imho, when time passed and budget aren't vectored in.

However, 25 years since the Cerbera was debuted, L4 MBO couldn't quite shake CE51RBE this morning.



And that is not only priceless it's also timeless!

[900T-R]

TVRMs said:

Don’t think there are any super cars for 25k. A Cerb delivers good performance for 25k, but not sure it’s a super car.

Can’t find a definition, so more perception and opinion?

In it's day, it made a mockery of most things we do still regard as supercars - Top Gear magazine stated that to catch a Cerbera you needed to have an F1, and F50 or a pretty fast bike. That sounds pretty super to me

[Byker28i]

900T-R said:

TVRMs said:

Don’t think there are any super cars for 25k. A Cerb delivers good performance for 25k, but not sure it’s a super car.

Can’t find a definition, so more perception and opinion?

In it's day, it made a mockery of most things we do still regard as supercars - Top Gear magazine stated that to catch a Cerbera you needed to have an F1, and F50 or a pretty fast bike. That sounds pretty super to me

"But the clever money was all wrong. Whoa- just look at that TVR go..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGATSb54YEQ&in...

[Imran999]

For me, the performance is no longer ‘supercar’.
But, the experience absolutely is.
Get out of a manual GT3 (admittedly not as fast as it’s peers), and the Cerbera doesn’t feel lacking in performance. It does feel just as special, if not more so, because it’s got so much depth of character (classic vs modern) and it’s so dam unique.
But chasing a GT3 on ‘give and take’ roads, and the 25 year gap suddenly seems so obvious.

[900T-R]

The ´supercar´ moniker should be seen in the context of its time or half the cars listed under that banner in the back pages of Evo would not be there anymore... I mean, any current hot hatchback would see off a Countach without breaking a sweat.

Imran999 said:

For me, the performance is no longer ‘supercar’.
But, the experience absolutely is.
Get out of a manual GT3 (admittedly not as fast as it’s peers), and the Cerbera doesn’t feel lacking in performance. It does feel just as special, if not more so, because it’s got so much depth of character (classic vs modern) and it’s so dam unique.
But chasing a GT3 on ‘give and take’ roads, and the 25 year gap suddenly seems so obvious.

[GT4RS]

Imran999 said:

For me, the performance is no longer ‘supercar’.
But, the experience absolutely is.
Get out of a manual GT3 (admittedly not as fast as it’s peers), and the Cerbera doesn’t feel lacking in performance. It does feel just as special, if not more so, because it’s got so much depth of character (classic vs modern) and it’s so dam unique.
But chasing a GT3 on ‘give and take’ roads, and the 25 year gap suddenly seems so obvious.

This is a interesting one, have just sold my cerb ajp and still
owning a 992 4s, you can really see how things have moved on in the car world. The cerb couldn’t even get close to it in terms of speed and handling, but it made up for in in charm and raw driving experience.

The cerb v8 is by no means a slow car but and back in the 90s I would imagine it could shift with the best of them.

Like you say it’s not all about performance, it’s about the charm / feeling a enjoyable cars offers.

My tricky dilemma is what can I now replace my cerb with.

[ukkid35]

GT4RS said:

The cerb v8 is by no means a slow car but and back in the 90s I would imagine it could shift with the best of them.

Other than the engine management, which is mainly there to reduce emissions and improve efficiency

Is there any part of the AJP8 Cerb that couldn't have been built in the 60s?

[Jhonno]

ukkid35 said:

GT4RS said:

The cerb v8 is by no means a slow car but and back in the 90s I would imagine it could shift with the best of them.

Other than the engine management, which is mainly there to reduce emissions and improve efficiency

Is there any part of the AJP8 Cerb that couldn't have been built in the 60s?

I'd say you could argue that about a lot of cars.

Ultimately if the design of something existed it could have been made years ago, just perhaps in a more manual/different way..

Everything is an evolution.

[ukkid35]

Jhonno said:

I'd say you could argue that about a lot of cars.

Ultimately if the design of something existed it could have been made years ago, just perhaps in a more manual/different way..

Everything is an evolution.

I don't t think so, there's pretty much no difference between the construction of a Cerb and a Griffith 200

Consider the difference between a Fifth Gen Fiesta and a Ford Anglia

Yes there is evolution for both, but the mass produced cars have been transformed both by technology and construction techniques

[Jhonno]

ukkid35 said:

I don't t think so, there's pretty much no difference between the construction of a Cerb and a Griffith 200

Consider the difference between a Fifth Gen Fiesta and a Ford Anglia

Yes there is evolution for both, but the mass produced cars have been transformed both by technology and construction techniques

The monocoque chassis, discs, injection, aluminium panels etc etc existed in the 60's Ford just didn't use it at the time. Technology is a given, but a Cerb isn't about aids/Sat Nav etc.