| Given money to spend and a world of options | | | | Another feature that contributes to the speed |
| when selecting a car, every car enthusiast | | | | of the car is its reduced weight. It's |
| goes for one option getting a sports car. In | | | | evident in the reduced cargo capacity of a |
| the world of sports cars, however, there | | | | sports car. Luckily, this isn't much of an |
| stands the basic criteria of speed, speed, | | | | issue with sports car enthusiasts. Related |
| speed, and, well, speed. | | | | to cargo capacity and reduced weight is the |
| | | | fact that some sports cars may have smaller |
| The fastest sports car according to various | | | | seating capacities, and usually are |
| critics is the 1994 Dauer 962 LeMans, with | | | | characterized by firmer, tighter rides, |
| acceleration speed of 2.6 seconds from 0 to | | | | compared to the more spacious and comfortable |
| 60 mph. The fastest Ferrari car is the 2002 | | | | rides offered by sports utility vehicles or |
| Ferrari ENZO, and this one can accelerate | | | | sedans. |
| from 0 to 62 mph at breakneck speed of 3.5 | | | | |
| seconds. Other fast cars include a Chevrolet, | | | | A last consideration in speed, however, is |
| a Dodge, a LeBlanc, a Renault, an Audi, and a | | | | its general dynamics which include handling |
| Corvette, all of which have acceleration | | | | and drag when driving. A sports car has very |
| speeds of not more than 2.9 seconds from 0 to | | | | little value if it cannot sustain its |
| 60 mph. | | | | straight-line speeds when driving in tight |
| | | | curbs and ends up crushed after it hit a dead |
| Now, the question that begs answering is: | | | | end. It is for this precise reason that even |
| what makes a fast sports car? | | | | the fastest sports cars are usually |
| | | | rear-wheel driven rather than front-wheel |
| While stylistics make for a very good | | | | driven, because of the fact that the |
| standard when getting a sports car, there's | | | | rear-wheel drive provides greater traction |
| more to the sleekness than just style. The | | | | and allows for the weight to be distributed |
| very sleek and streamlined designs of these | | | | evenly as the car makes a turn. |
| fast sports cars actually contribute to | | | | |
| fantastic aerodynamics making it much easier | | | | While there's more to a sports car than just |
| to drive the car fast without worrying about | | | | speed, it also doesn't hurt that your sports |
| air resistance, air pressure, etc. In effect, | | | | car is fast. After all, the 1994 Dauer 962 |
| the hot and sexy car design actually makes | | | | LeMans is prized precisely because it rises |
| for more than aesthetics, but gives a boost | | | | above the speeds of every other fast sports |
| to the speed and performance of the car. | | | | car. |
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