What Makes a Car a Supercar?

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