Okay: The real deal, Retro & Brute Force Supercars

[CarGuy]

Country Of Origin Italy
Year Of Introduction 1987
Base Price When New $400,000
Miles Per Gallon 12/17 mpg
Body Type 2 Door Coupe
Curb Weight 2976 lbs
Powertrain Layout Mid Engine / RWD
Transmission 5 Speed Manual

Engine

Configuration Twin Turbocharged V8
Displacement 2936 cc
Power 478 bhp @ 7000 rpm
Torque 424 lb ft @ 4500 rpm
BHP / Liter 163 bhp
BHP / Weight N.A
Redline 7750 rpm

Performance

Top Speed 201 mph
0 - 62 mph 3.8 seconds
0 - 100 mph 8.0 seconds
Quarter mile 11.8 seconds @ 124 mph
Skidpad 0.94g
Braking, 62-0 mph 122 ft
Slalom Speed 68.3 mph

Country Of Origin Italy
Year Of Introduction 1995
Base Price When New $480,000
Miles Per Gallon 8/11 mpg
Body Type 2 Door Targa Top
Curb Weight 2712 lbs
Powertrain Layout Mid Engine / RWD
Transmission 6 Speed Manual

Engine

Configuration V12
Displacement 4700 cc
Power 513 bhp @ 8500 rpm
Torque 347 lb ft @ 6500 rpm
BHP / Liter 109 bhp
BHP / Weight N.A
Redline 8500 rpm

Performance

Top Speed 207 mph
0 - 62 mph 3.7 seconds
0 - 100 mph 8.0 seconds
Quarter mile 12.1 seconds @ 122 mph
Skidpad 1.03g
Braking, 62-0 mph 119 ft
Slalom Speed N.A

Country Of Origin Italy
Year Of Introduction 1996
Base Price When New $218,000
Miles Per Gallon 12/19 mpg
Body Type 2 door coupe
Curb Weight 3918 lbs
Powertrain Layout Front-Engine/RWD
Transmission 6-Speed Manual

Engine

Configuration V12
Displacement 5474 cc
Power 485 bhp @ 7000 rpm
Torque 419 lb-ft @ 5000 rpm
BHP / Liter 89 bhp
BHP / Weight N.A
Redline 7700 rpm

Performance

Top Speed 199 mph
0 - 62 mph 4.2 sec
0 - 100 mph 9.8 sec
Quarter mile 12.7 sec @ 115 mph
Skidpad 0.94g
Braking, 62-0 mph 128 ft
Slalom Speed 65.2 mph

Country Of Origin Italy
Year Of Introduction 1990
Base Price When New $274,900
Miles Per Gallon 10/13 mpg
Body Type 2 door coupe
Curb Weight 3740 lbs
Powertrain Layout Mid Engine / AWD
Transmission 5-Speed Manual

Engine

Configuration V12
Displacement 5992 cc
Power 550 bhp @ 7100 rpm
Torque 457 lb ft @ 5500 rpm
BHP / Liter 92 bhp
BHP / Weight N.A
Redline 7500 rpm

Performance

Top Speed 205 mph
0 - 62 mph 3.6 seconds
0 - 100 mph 8.8 seconds
Quarter mile 12.0 seconds @ 122 mph
Skidpad 0.97g
Braking, 62-0 mph 109 ft
Slalom Speed 70.0 mph

Country Of Origin Italy
Year Of Introduction 1992
Base Price When New $537,600
Miles Per Gallon 11/18 mpg
Body Type 2 door coupe
Curb Weight 3126 lbs
Powertrain Layout Mid-Engine / AWD
Transmission 6-Speed Manual

Engine

Configuration Quad-Turbo V12
Displacement 3498 cc
Power 611 bhp @ 8250 rpm
Torque 477 lb-ft @ 4200 rpm
BHP / Liter 175 bhp
BHP / Weight N.A
Redline 8500 rpm

Performance

Top Speed 221 mph
0 - 62 mph 3.6 sec
0 - 100 mph 8.2 sec
Quarter mile 11.7 sec @ 124 mph
Skidpad .99g
Braking, 62-0 mph N.A
Slalom Speed 65.4 mph

Country Of Origin Germany
Year Of Introduction 1986
Base Price When New $225,000
Miles Per Gallon 13 mpg
Body Type 2 door coupe
Curb Weight 3190 lbs
Powertrain Layout Rear Engine/ AWD
Transmission 6 Speed Manual

Engine

Configuration Twin Turbo Flat-6
Displacement 2849 cc
Power 450 bhp @ 6500 rpm
Torque 369 lb-ft @ 5500
BHP / Liter 158 bhp
BHP / Weight N.A
Redline N.A

Performance

Top Speed 195 mph
0 - 62 mph 3.6 sec
0 - 100 mph 8.8 sec
Quarter Mile 12.0 sec @ 116 mph
Skidpad 0.87g
Braking, 62-0 mph N.A
Slalom Speed N.A

Country Of Origin United States
Year Of Introduction 1992
Base Price When New $66,000
Miles Per Gallon 13/24 mpg
Body Type 2 door coupe
Curb Weight 3383 lbs
Powertrain Layout Front-Engine/RWD
Transmission 6-Speed Manual

Engine

Configuration V10
Displacement 7986 cc
Power 450 bhp @ 5200 rpm
Torque 490 lb-ft @ 3700 rpm
BHP / Liter 56 bhp
BHP / Weight N.A
Redline 6000 rpm

Performance

Top Speed 185 mph
0 - 62 mph 4.5 seconds
0 - 100 mph 9.8 seconds
Quarter Mile 12.7 seconds @ 117 mph
Skidpad 0.97g
Braking, 62-0 mph 110 ft
Slalom Speed 73.6 mph

Country Of Origin England
Year Of Introduction 1993
Base Price When New $970,000
Miles Per Gallon 13 mpg
Body Type 2 door coupe
Curb Weight 2579 lbs
Powertrain Layout Mid Engine/RWD
Transmission 6 Speed Manual

Engine

Configuration V12
Displacement 6064 cc
Power 627 bhp @ 7400 rpm
Torque 479 lb-ft @ 5600 rpm
BHP / Liter 103 bhp
BHP / Weight N.A
Redline 7500 rpm

Performance

Top Speed 240 mph
0 - 62 mph 3.2 sec
0 - 100 mph 6.3 sec
Quarter mile 11.1 sec @ 138 mph
Skidpad N.A
Braking, 62-0 mph N.A
Slalom Speed N.A

Country Of Origin England
Year Of Introduction 1993
Base Price When New $339,000
Miles Per Gallon 16/27 mpg
Body Type 2 Door Coupe
Curb Weight 3025 lbs
Powertrain Layout Mid Engine / RWD
Transmission 5 Speed Manual

Engine

Configuration Twin Turbocharged V6
Displacement 3498 cc
Power 542 bhp @ 7000 rpm
Torque 475 lb ft @ 4500 rpm
BHP / Liter 155 bhp
BHP / Weight N.A
Redline N.A

Performance

Top Speed 217 mph
0 - 62 mph 3.8 seconds
0 - 100 mph 7.9 seconds
Quarter Mile 11.7 sec @ 125 mph
Skidpad N.A
Braking, 62-0 mph N.A
Slalom Speed N.A

 

[Bruce]

Being a huge fan of the 90's generation of supercars, this is by no MEANS easy choice. First and foremost, it's clear that the F40 is one of the most defining supercars ever assembled. It's status and popularity has easily earned it status as a legend. It looks amazing, and bet it is everywhere as good to drive as they say it is, but it all seems too raw for my tastes. Feel the same about the Diablo SV (look the intensity of the design though) and the Viper if I'm honest.

The F50 is an amazing sports car (with some revolutionary items; for instance, the engine which with it's small displacement takes use of five valves per cylinder), but I could never appreciate it's exterior.

Maranello's a great car, although I've always felt build assembly could have been better. Will pass here. The EB110 is a very interesting vehicle, but it in my opinion, has aged terribly here. Love the XJ220 to bits...but I don't think I could drive a vehicle with a length figure of 202 inches 'round town. One of the longest cars ever built.

That leaves with us with two of the most technologically advanced vehicles ever built. Even by today's standards, they stand out as brilliant works of technical art. The 959 is just too tempting! Particulary the understated style of it...In the end though, there can only be one. As the McLaren F1 ages and we continue to creep into an industry age where dreams (if you know what I mean) are deemed unacceptable, my appreciation for the F1 grows. Murrary's dream of creating an uncomprising road car remains as one of the best automotive stories ever told.

 

[Sunny]

McLaren F1 and even if you add modern day supercars to the list, my choice would still be McLaren F1. After that, it is a toss up between F40 and 959, but I will probably go with 959.

 

[Gullwing]

McLaren F1




Porsche 959
Bug
the rest...

 

[NarutoRamen]

McLaren F1 without a doubt. It was the best car of the last century. Hell, it can still hold it's own today.


I'll take a F1-LM with my own color choice please, thank you.

 

[ateekt]

Nothing much to wonder here, Mclaren F1 hands down!

 

[LaArtist]

F1 if its LM..
if not then Bugatti

 

[klier]

F1 either way for me, followed by the F40 and then the 959. The rest sucks, and I am very glad that period is over

 

[CarGuy]

Really? I really miss this period. I think there was some of the finest and purest automobiles imaginable this 1986-1998 period. Now we have so many garbage supercars with no soul coming and going and never remembered lacking spirit. I mean sure during this time Ferrari some may argue, made way to many cars that nobody really cared for, but I ultimately think the F40 and F50 always remain classics.

 

[NarutoRamen]

Really? I really miss this period. I think there was some of the finest and purest automobiles imaginable this 1986-1998 period. Now we have so many garbage supercars with no soul coming and going and never remembered lacking spirit. I mean sure during this time Ferrari some may argue, made way to many cars that nobody really cared for, but I ultimately think the F40 and F50 always remain classics.

I don't agree with you, there are MANY cars that have a lot of passion now. Just to name a few: Zonda, Koenigsegg, CarreraGT, Murcielago, Gallardo, F430, etc.

 

[CarGuy]

Carrera GT has some serious passion most definitely agree. Pagani Zonda, the S and F models again it can't be argued here, they sound and feel better than anything ever produced. How awesome and complete the feeling would be if the Zonda package even had an engine made by them instead of borrowing from AMG. But the others I don't know so much about passion. Enzo doesn't really belong here either, it just feels like a race car. Yes indeed the CGT and Zonda F really do bring the classic retro passionate feel for their cars. In this category I can also add 997 GT3 Mk2, F430S and Viper ACR.

 

[klier]

Carrera GT has some serious passion most definitely agree. Pagani Zonda, the S and F models again it can't be argued here, they sound and feel better than anything ever produced. How awesome and complete the feeling would be if the Zonda package even had an engine made by them instead of borrowing from AMG. But the others I don't know so much about passion. Enzo doesn't really belong here either, it just feels like a race car. Yes indeed the CGT and Zonda F really do bring the classic retro passionate feel for their cars. In this category I can also add 997 GT3 Mk2, F430S and Viper ACR.

It's the same with the McLaren F1, the car that is winning this poll by a huge margin; the F1 'borrowed' the engine from BMW, just like the Zonda is doing now with the Merc engine.
Enzo is ugly, but prettier and much better than F50 and modern day cars like the LP670, 430 Scuderia, 997 GT2 and even GTR V-spec are to me just way more awesome than the '90s cars....those interiors from that time in particular have aged badly...

 

[NarutoRamen]

It's the same with the McLaren F1, the car that is winning this poll by a huge margin; the F1 'borrowed' the engine from BMW, just like the Zonda is doing now with the Merc engine.

I was just about to point out the same thing. McLaren was the body maker while BMW supplied the powerplant, just like how Pagani is the body maker and Merc supplies the powerplant.

 

[CarGuy]

That's so true, I completely forgot to think about that compromise factor in the McLaren F1. So in that respect Zonda is at the same level as a McLaren F1. And in terms of specialty and passion the McLaren is pretty much at the same level of an Enzo and a F40.

 

[NarutoRamen]

That's so true, I completely forgot to think about that compromise factor in the McLaren F1. So in that respect Zonda is at the same level as a McLaren F1. And in terms of specialty and passion the McLaren is pretty much at the same level of an Enzo and a F40.

I would put the Zonda above all in the specialty factor simply because of the fact that unlike Ferrari and McLaren who have been in motorsports for YEARS, the Zonda came out of nowhere. Pagani's credit is the fact that he was designing this car while he was working for Lamborghini and that Fangio was his friend.

 

[CarGuy]

My polls are becoming no brainers!

 

[PanterroR]

McLaren.

 

[coolraoul]

McLaren F1 without thinking twice.
Second choice is the F40.

I don't care that much for the others to be honest.

My all-time favourite among supercars is the Porsche Carrera GT, the second is the McLaren F1, the third is the Pagani Zonda.

 

[klier]

My polls are becoming no brainers!

Hardly. I really do like the polls you make and all the info you manage to put into them

And I think it's safe to say we all do

 

[ree]

Voted for the 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello! Love this car…looks fabulous…