This is how I would define it as well. Something that is built specifically for that purpose.D Griff wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 10:36 am Poll should have multiple options available...
I pretty much agree with what is being said other than the fact that it has to be two seater. Toyota 86 and Porsche 911, for example, are sports cars in my book. I would agree with the assessment that it is a car that puts driving pleasure first, doesn't need to be fast. It also needs to be designed from the ground up for driving fun. Nothing that is a souped up hatch/sedan/coupe/SUV is a sports car.
Opinion: What is a sports car to you?
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Not surprisingly. I agree withwap wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:41 pmThis get closest IMO. Small, light, 2 door/seater, engineered for heightened driving dynamics before comfort. Low c of g, good reflexes, good sounds. Power isn't absolutely necessary, but but certainly doesn't disqualify. So a is just as much a sports car as a[user not found] wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 4:00 pm Two seater with engaging driving dynamics. That’s about it.
Doesn’t need to be fast, doesn’t need to be powerful, but it needs to be something that puts driving first.
Perhaps it's better to ask what ISN'T a sports car?
While are all cool and interesting cars in their own right, the following are not sports cars, IMO.
Muscle cars
Pony cars
Hot hatches
GT cars
Performance sedans
Sport coupes
Performance SUVs
Etc
Except I would consider my 300ZX 2+2 a sports car.....just not a great one
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That's right on the edge there.Irish wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 1:40 pmNot surprisingly. I agree withwap wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:41 pm
This get closest IMO. Small, light, 2 door/seater, engineered for heightened driving dynamics before comfort. Low c of g, good reflexes, good sounds. Power isn't absolutely necessary, but but certainly doesn't disqualify. So a is just as much a sports car as a
Perhaps it's better to ask what ISN'T a sports car?
While are all cool and interesting cars in their own right, the following are not sports cars, IMO.
Muscle cars
Pony cars
Hot hatches
GT cars
Performance sedans
Sport coupes
Performance SUVs
Etc
Except I would consider my 300ZX 2+2 a sports car.....just not a great one
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That's consdiered as any performance version of any ordinary FWD car, includes the Fiesta ST
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So that means an Altima is in fact a sports car, as long as the driver sees a GTI and the like in the drivers sight.
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while it's nice to have alternatives that offers the semi characteristics and the thrill of a sports car also compromises for a drivers lifestyle + situation in terms of what they need in a car, it is simply not as close. Hence why cars like Miata Is Always The Answer, etc.wap wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 12:42 pmMy opinions in bold.Melon wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 9:36 am Can you modify a car to where it becomes a sports car?
Mercedes W201 Chassis - Modified - Mercedes 190e 2.3 SPORTS SEDAN
Not just homologation cars.
Golf -> GTi HOT HATCH
Boat -> Hellcat Challenger MUSCLE CAR
Silverado -> Corvette This is a sports car with a truck-derived engine
Two seat RWD is probably the purest form of the sports car, but it's a term that's thrown around so much, it's meaning isn't possible to nail down.
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300zx is a sports car in my bookIrish wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 1:40 pmNot surprisingly. I agree withwap wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:41 pm
This get closest IMO. Small, light, 2 door/seater, engineered for heightened driving dynamics before comfort. Low c of g, good reflexes, good sounds. Power isn't absolutely necessary, but but certainly doesn't disqualify. So a is just as much a sports car as a
Perhaps it's better to ask what ISN'T a sports car?
While are all cool and interesting cars in their own right, the following are not sports cars, IMO.
Muscle cars
Pony cars
Hot hatches
GT cars
Performance sedans
Sport coupes
Performance SUVs
Etc
Except I would consider my 300ZX 2+2 a sports car.....just not a great one
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Right, just wasn't specifically called out in the optionsMexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 6:57 amThat's consdiered as any performance version of any ordinary FWD car, includes the Fiesta ST
(it's a better driver's car than a FoST or GTI)
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I see, Can't list them all and I like the FiSt4zilch wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 9:24 amRight, just wasn't specifically called out in the optionsMexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 6:57 am
That's consdiered as any performance version of any ordinary FWD car, includes the Fiesta ST
(it's a better driver's car than a FoST or GTI)
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