| The media is inundated with advertisements | | | | freeways. They are sleek and sexy and you may |
| for automobiles. From radio, to magazines, | | | | see a man drooling over a magazine centerfold |
| newspapers and television, one can hardly go | | | | and think that it's a beautiful and scantily |
| more than a few minutes without being subject | | | | clad woman that has them hypnotized when in |
| to them. Some are geared to attract people | | | | fact it's the picture of one of these visual |
| whose main criterion for a car is a sense of | | | | marvels. If given the choice of going on a |
| style. These cars offer leather seats and a | | | | date with a super model or driving an Aston |
| dashboard that looks more like it belongs on | | | | Martin or a 1966 Corvette Sting Ray, you can |
| a space shuttle than a mere automobile. Other | | | | almost guarantee that the date with a |
| cars are promoted to appeal to one's | | | | supercar will win every time. |
| economical sense by promoting the car's | | | | |
| ability to get 27 miles to the gallon with 10 | | | | Supercars will usually only seat two people |
| year warrantees to keep repair costs at bay. | | | | which in itself makes them impractical for |
| Oddly, one rarely sees commercials for those | | | | families, yet many garages hold these coveted |
| supreme conveyances entitled supercars. So | | | | vehicles no matter how many children that |
| what exactly is a supercar? | | | | family may contain. The other cars that the |
| | | | family owns may be abandoned to the driveway |
| A supercar is one that combines speed, | | | | and subject to the elements but not the |
| handling and a unique design that sets them | | | | supercar. They are given a place of honor in |
| apart from conventional cars. They are often | | | | the garage and maybe even further sheltered |
| more expensive than the average home and they | | | | by being cocooned in a car cover that will |
| turn the heads of all who see them cruising | | | | protect them from even the tiny dust |
| down the ordinary streets and highways that | | | | particles that might mar their shiny |
| seem unworthy of them. They belong more on | | | | surfaces. They are driven reverently and even |
| the Autobahn, since they can easily reach and | | | | though they are designed for speed, they are |
| maintain speeds of over 160 miles an hour. | | | | often driven slowly through the neighborhood |
| Traveling most roads and highways at such | | | | to give everyone a chance to admire them. In |
| high speeds will usually net you a fortune in | | | | the world of cars, the supercar is considered |
| speeding tickets, still the thrill of doing | | | | royalty and only those who are extremely |
| so in one of these fantastic creations is | | | | lucky or extremely rich have any hope of |
| more than worth the risk of angering the | | | | owning one of these chariots designed for the |
| policemen lurking in their hideouts on the | | | | elite. |