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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
What is the difference between a supercar and Hypercar?
Now, I consider myself very car literate, and an expensive sports car aficionado. I keep all sorts of makes and models BMW M5 and M3, Porsche Carrera GT, Ferrari 599 GTB, Lamborghini Mucielago LP 640, Koenigsegg CCX, Saleen S7, and the king, the Bugatti Veyron 16-4. But lately I have heard these terms used car (Super Cars and Hyper), and am not sure of the difference, if any. Is it supposed to reflect the same thing? Or is it a supercar better than a Hypercar, or vice versa? If anyone can provide any clarification that would be great. thanks.
No clear difference. The only arbitrary distinction is that if you have a company that makes a lot of cars that are supposedly "supercar", a "Hypercar" of this society will be much more expensive and much faster than their "luxury cars". Examples: Ferrari Enzo, Porsche Carrera GT, high trim variants Lamborghini Murcielago, Mercedes SLR McLaren. For companies that only have one model, a "Hypercar" would be something that compares in price and performance for major manufacturers' hypercars. Examples: McLaren F1, Koenigsegg, Pagani Zonda, Bugatti Veyron. Another thing we have in common is that each Hypercar all cost more than a quarter million dollars. Most are over half a million dollars. Hypercars All can be called luxury cars, but not all luxury cars can be called hypercars. Regardless, I think the distinction is rather silly. A reasonable definition of "super", it would, IMO, a moderately low volume, performance-oriented, unlike luxury oriented car that compares favorably with other high-end cars, sports, costs at least high-5 figures USD (when new, adjusted for inflation), and use technologies or materials that are not found in ordinary cars


