Part 10 What is a supercar?

I HAVE RECENTLY NOTICED AN EVER increasing amount of internet chatter about what makes a sports car into a ‘supercar’ or even a ‘hypercar’.

The exchanges of opinions quickly become heated, sneering or even abusive. What is it that stirs such passion in people that they feel forced to loudly trumpet their own opinions while savaging those who think differently?

I think that most evo readers could go through a set of images of high-performance cars and calmly say ‘yes, yes, no, no, yes’ as to their deserving to be described as ‘supercars’, without feeling the need to justify their views with a drawn sword. It is a bit like having to describe the difference between a dog and a cat; we know one when we see it without having to go