"Hairdresser's cars" defined

[Hooligan]

Originally posted by M5Power
Anyway, just because little emotion is involved in decision-making, do you believe somebody can't be passionate about the item itself?

Yes.

Being passionate requires excessive emotion. If you and an "average car nut" were to be represented by magazines, you would be "Consumer Reports" and the nut would be "evo". Two diametrically opposed views of the auto industry. Both valid, but certainly different.

It's kind of like basing the value of a painting on how much paint was used...as in the lesser the better. "Gosh, he got all that stuff on canvas with so little paint!" That, erm, wasn't the point of the exercise....

 

[BMW POWER]

Originally posted by ving
a 4 cyl "supercar", I think not!!

that would make the MGF and ford capri (for that matter my friggin holden astra) a supper car!!!

so by your terms the amount of cylinders a car has determines whether or not its a supercar?

 

[Frustrated Palm]

A mini with 18 cylinders from small motorcycles would classify it as a Supercar in his terms ...

 

[BMW POWER]

 

[Hooligan]

I think the traditional supercar formula (at least, as far as "his highness" Gordon Murray is concerned) is:
- mid-engined
- rear-drive
- V12
- naturally aspirated
- 1,000kg (2,200 lb) or less
- as beautiful as possible without sacrificing aerodynamics

That really only leaves the McLaren F1, Ferrari F50, Pagani Zonda...maybe a few others. Other than that, my own definition would be:
- stupid expensive
- ludicrously fast
- sweet to look at

Anyone who disagrees with that will be run over by a Lancer EVO RS Sprint.

 

[Frustrated Palm]

*Stands on top of his house*

Well I think it just has to be:

Fast
Elegant
Sometimes hard to get

*throws spikes on driveway just in case*