List of supercars

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This page contains a list of automobiles generally regarded as supercars. The category is a subjective one, however, and the inclusion of some of the automobiles listed may be somewhat controversial —depending upon the opinion of the reader.

While there is no objective definition of a supercar, it is generally considered to have characterics such as, cutting-edge technology for the era of initial production, extreme power, exclusivity, rarity, and extravagant styling. For this reason, some automobiles that may have one or more of these attributes—but are notably lacking in others—may not be considered supercars by some people, hence, a list of disputed, debated, or probable supercars also is included. Detailed discussion of the criteria determining inclusion in this classification, is on the page entitled, supercar.

1 Supercars
2 Planned supercars
3 Supercar projects that were built as design exercise
4 Supercars that failed to enter production
5 Disputed supercars
6 References
7 See also

[edit] Supercars

The following is a list of automobiles that are widely considered to be supercars for their era. They are listed in the era of the initial year of production of the base model, then alphabetically.

A citation of "supercar" status should be provided for each vehicle in this list.

[edit] Pre 1960s

[edit] 1960s Supercars

[edit] 1970s Supercars

[edit] 1980s Supercars

[edit] 1990s Supercars

[edit] 2000s Supercars

[edit] Planned supercars

SSC Aero (production is planned)
Chrysler ME Four-Twelve (production is being reconsidered)
Jaguar XK-RS (production is being considered)
Laraki Fulgura (production is planned)
McLaren P8 (development is restarted)
Brammo Rogue GT (production is planned)
Saleen S4 (currently under development with intent for production)

[edit] Supercar projects that were built as design exercise

[edit] Supercars that failed to enter production

Bizzarrini BZ-2001
Jiotto Caspita
Joss Supercar
McLaren M6GT (despite only 4 roadgoing examples were built, they were never released due to the death of Bruce McLaren)
MCV CH4
Monteverdi Hai 650 F1
Nissan R390 GT1 (only saw limited production for factory entered competition cars, plan for road cars was axed due to a change in homlogation requirements)
Panoz GTR-1 (same reason as R390)
Toyota GT-One (same reason as R390)
TVR Cerbera Speed 12 (never went into production, however, one of the prototypes was recently rebuilt, registered and sold)
Vector WX-3
Vector WX-3R
Yamaha OX99-11