Well, the beginning of the modern supercar era certainly is a debatable topic. It all depends upon how you want to define "supercar". 1993 Cobra-R Mustangs and Buick GNX's were factory offerings, though Ford did outsource some of the work on the 93's to Creative Industries. And the argument could be made that the era of the supercar never ended either, as cars continued to be offered by Yenko (Turbo Z) and other outfits throughout the 70's and 80's. So, I'll recant my statement on the early 2000's being the starting point of the modern supercar and simply state that "here are a couple of cool modern super cars".
Now, let's see some more pics!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: old5.0</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great cars, but starting with them leaves out a lot of significant cars from the previous 2 decades, I feel. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]</div></div>
Yep -- and they are not "built" !! A lot of the people that own these "modern supercars" only have the $$ to buy them and their mechanical abilty goes as far as being able to twist the key. Most of these vehicles wouldn't stand a chance garnering attention in the show arena when placed with hotrods/muscle cars from the past ... Just sayin' but to each their own. TAZ</div></div> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: old5.0</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lynn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"Let's see some of your modern supercar pics!"
While I certainly agree with Taz's sentiment regarding $$ vs. talent to build, there are those of us who appreciated cars in BOTH arenas. I personally believe there is room to enjoy both types. Besides, the same type of argument could have been made in 1967 when some rich kid went and bought a L-88 Corvette and beat his buddy who spent all summer tweaking the 265 in his 55 Chevy. The kid with the Corvette displayed as much talent building his car as a kid buying a Ferrari today.
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Agree with this 100%. Old cars weren't always old, and a 66 GTO would have drawn little to no attention at a car show in 1966, either.
My comment was simply meant to point out that this style of supercar existed before 2000, not to disparage the cars that came after. The Saleen SC, SSC, and SA10, the SAAC cars, Steeda drag package cars, the GT40 package cars from Tommie Vaughn Ford in Houston, the Stage III Dominator Mustangs from Summit Ford in KC, the Crawford Quarterhorses... a lot of neat iron gets left out of the conversation. I guess it's true that several of the above weren't actually street legal, since they were built before emission compliant hop up packages were common, but they were built and sold to customers all the same. Some people, like Summit, got in trouble for doing so which makes the cars even cooler in my opinion.</div></div>