STG

Me personally: I'd say "High End Sports Car" or "Sport/Track Car".

There can be quite a few sub categories.

I think we're beating a dead horse here. Do we really need exact labels??

Tcc1999

It seems particularly fitting that someone with a taxonomic handle (Genus) writes a taxonomy for cars.

917k

Agree. Also w/ the taxonomy above from sportscar (911, C7 etc) to hypercar (P1, K'egg, La F - ugh, awful name).

Of course: take a current car back 15 years and it's in exotic performance realm. Progress.

Stil_1

This was reminding me of another similar thread where someone was saying the 911 was not a sports car but rather a GT car, which got me curious since this thread is't pretty unanimous that it was a sports car category.

Ideally, back in the old days, sports car was the general category for cars built to go fast. That would be simple for categorization.

You are right that these days, so many classifications for fast cars based on a number of characteristics.

Dewinator

Are these "levels" based on price or performance? For example since the ACR Viper has been beating 918 track records, so is it a hypercar? Or is it based on price?

I'm not a huge fan of the Proschius 918, Ferrari LaPrius, or the McLaren Prius1 though. They're awesome cars obviously, but for the price? I'd rather have a CGT, F50 or F1.

If it's pure speed you're after, with how fast a Tesla can make a family sedan, the gas motors and turbos and such will eventually be seen as a hinderance and the newest "hyper" cars will go fully electric. I'm just not interested in that.

reuben991

My wife and I were having a similar conversation the other day. We concluded that the Mazda MX-5, Toyota GT-86/Subaru BRZ, Cayman/Boxster and 911 are all sports cars. But what about the BMW M3/M4 and Ford Mustang/ Chevy Camaro? How do those fit into the taxonomy?

Dewinator

Mustang/Camaro we can put into the muscle car bin, M3 definitely sport sedan, M4 sport coupe. I think the rear seats are too large to argue sports car, same with the GTR. That's not necessarily a negative, just that generally the "sports car" category is considered a 2-seater, and I think people generally consider the 911 a sports car because they aren't much of seats back there.

skiahh

I would guess that most people who don't have a Porsche would put them into the exotic (sports car) category. Maybe "entry level" exotics, but still, not in the same category as the Corvette, Camaro, Mustang, BRZ, WRX, Miata, etc.

oalvarez

Sports ...no drama or multiple posts needed. It's obvious that not all 911s are created equal, but for the most part, they're sports cars.

991TR

If this is the case, what would you consider a current supercar?

It feels, to me, that hypercar is another new marketing buzzword, but equates to the current generation of super car. Also, why did they skip ultracars?

zirrah

This.

LexVan

I'm not up on every car. Far from it. Yes, in some regards, in my mind, only, yes, it's based on price and attainability. Attainability to me is more about "availability and accessibility" and less about the actual purchase price.

LexVan

As to your supercars question, I'll throw this one out at you. Again, I'm not up on all the "new" cars. I'd easily suggest a Porsche 959 and a Carrera GT are both supercars. In the same sediment, I'd suggest a 1997 993 Turbo S is an exotic. For these 3 examples, the differences are slight (again, in my mind only) and might even be interchangeable.

I really do like the term "hypercar" when you take into consideration the hybrid technology of the current 918 Spyder. Seems to fit well for me.

I consider the ACR Viper a Dodge.

fastdiablo

I think I read yesterday the Turbo S does a 2.5 second 0-60. True "hypercar" performance at a sports car price point. Porsche performance, engineering and reliability are amazing!

VWfamily

It is a hypersportyexotic!