Masterpieces of Engineering: The "Classic" Supercars

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Dodge Viper SRT-10
Price: $87,895
Engine: 8.3L Viper V10
Horsepower: 500
Top Speed: 202 mph (325 km/h)
0-60: 3.5 sec
Country of Origin: USA
MPG: 13 city/ 22 highway
Years of Production: 2002-2007

Lexus LFA
Price: $445,000
Engine: 4.8L 1LR-GUE V10
Horsepower: 552
Top Speed: 203 mph (326 km/h)
0-60: 3.7 sec
Country of Origin: Japan
MPG: 11 city/ 16 highway
Years of Production: 2010-2012

Porsche Carrera GT
Price: $440,000
Engine: 5.7L V10 DOHC
Horsepower: 612
Top Speed: 208 mph (334 km/h)
0-60: 3.57 sec
Country of Origin: Germany
MPG: 10 city/ 16 highway
Years of Production: 2003-2007

Ferrari 458
Price: $188,425-$400,000
Engine: 4.5L Ferrari F136F V8i
Horsepower: 562
Top Speed: 210 mph (340 km/h)
0-60: 2.9 sec
Country of Origin: Italy
MPG: 13 city/ 17 highway
Years of Production: 2009-2015

Porsche 918
Price: $845,000
Engine: 4.6L V8 ( With 2 electric motors on both axles)
Horsepower: 887
Top Speed: 210 mph (340 km/h)
0-60: 2.2 sec
Country of Origin: Germany
Years of Production: 2013-2015

Jaguar XJ220
Price: $1,000,000
Engine: 3.5L V6 Twin Turbo
Horsepower: 540
Top Speed: 213 mph (343 km/h)
0-60: 3.6 sec
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Years of Production: 1992-1994

Ford GT
Price: $500,000
Engine: 3.5L EcoBoost V6 Twin Turbo
Horsepower: 647
Top Speed: 216 mph (348 km/h)
Country of Origin: USAMPG: 11 city/ 18 highway
Years of Production: 2016-2020

Lamborghini Aventador
Price: $393,695
Engine: 6.5L L539 V12
Horsepower: 690
Top Speed: 220 mph (354 km/h)
0-60: 2.9 sec
Country of Origin: Italy
MPG: 11 city/ 18 highway
Years of Production: 2016-

Enzo Ferrari
Price: $659,330
Engine: 6L Tipo F140 V12
Horsepower: 651
Top Speed: 221 mph (355 km/h)
0-60: 3.14 sec
Country of Origin: Italy
MPG: 8 city/ 12 highway
Years of Production: 2002-2004

Pagani Zona Cinque
Price: $2,193,070
Engine: 7.3L M120 AMG V12
Horsepower: 678
Top Speed: 221 mph (355 km/h)
0-60: 3.4 sec
Country of Origin: Italy
Years of Production: 2009

McLaren F1
Price: $12,000,000-$15,000,000
Engine: 6.1L BMW S70/2 V12
Horsepower: 618
Top Speed: 240 mph (386 km/h)
0-60: 3.2 sec
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Years of Production: 1992-1998

Saleen S7 Twin Turbo
Price: $602,442
Engine: 7L OHV V8 Twin Turbo
Horsepower: 750
Top Speed: 248 mph (399 km/h)
0-60: 2.8 sec
Country of Origin: USA
MPG: 10 city/ 17 highway
Years of Production: 2005-2009

Bugatti Veyron Supersport
Price: $1,700,000
Engine: 8L V16
Horsepower: 1200
Top Speed: 268 mph (431 km/h)
0-60: 2.4 secCountry of Origin: France
MPG: 7 city/ 15 highway
Years of Production 2010-2011

Hennessey Venom GT
Price: $1,200,000
Engine: 7L LSX V8 Twin Turbo
Horsepower: 1244
Top Speed: 270 mph (435 km/h)
0-60: 2.5 sec
Country of Origin: USA
Years of Production: 2011-2017

Koenigsegg Agera R
Price: $1,700,000
Engine: 5L V8 Twin Turbo
Horsepower: 1140
Top Speed: 273 mph (439 km/h)
0-60: 2.8 sec
Country of Origin: Sweden
Years of Production: 2011-2017

dickbuttforlocalcouncillor

My favourite as a kid was the Merc CLK

9 years ago |

LeChez

+1, but idk if I'd consider any production Viper a masterpiece of engineering "supercar"; it's always been more brute force muscle car.

Osrane

Love em all, couldn't afford a valve stem for one.

terriblethunderlizards

i like nearly all of these cars, however they're mostly hypercars rather than supercars.

slamdance7

Good post :)

Why thank you

LoganFine

This is now my favorite post on Imgur ever.

I just..wish it did as well as my last one...

It's ok man, not all about the points you've done a great service for car lovers everywhere.

phydough

The McLaren F1 is such a timeless design. It still looks modern today. Would love to have one.

The only quirk to get over would be the seating because the driver sits in the middle of the car

I drove a touring car one time with the seating in the center. Would still want one even if the seat was mounted upside down.

hsimah

The Viper was first released in 1992, though.

The SRT 10 wasn't

Ah yeah, good point, it was just the RT-10 and GTS.

TypeIV

What's your definition of "classic"?

Rememberable and recognizable. May not be the Countach, but people asked for some of these

CarlosSatana

Also noticed you didnt have the zr1 or the cts-v. Both making more horsepower and better handling than that pos viper

YouCheckedTheUsernameHaveACookie

Why the new GT though?

weirdassgifinthecomments

Calm down guys. It's a solid list! Make your own damn list and add the ones you want and take out the ones you don't. That simple

It won Le Mans

GifAsInGiraffe

As an engineer the only ones I give pass marks to are the Jaguar XJ220 and the Porsche 918. The fuel economy of the others is abysmally low.

Yeah the Porsche gets a special boost too for being a hybrid

clid3r

Yah. If you own one. Gas prices aren't an issue.

not about the price it's about using up a finite resourse needlessly. Any car from the 90's onwards that doesn't get at least 30mpg is poor

You obviously don't own a car with 550hp that does 0-60 in 4.9 and rides like it's on rails. I do. It's worth the 18mpg.

You don't buy a supercharged supersport XJ to go slow or care about gas mileage.

but that is my point the xj220 is a 30 mpg car with 200+mph speed 25 years ago. modern cars getting 20% pwer 10% speed and half gas .

no I own a car that has 320bhp, 0-60 in 3.8 does 35 mpg and would probably do donoughts round your car whilst it;s on its rails.

Does it seat five comfortably, is it under warranty, have two sunroofs, nav, three TVs and look sexy AF parked out front of your house?

Only kind of car with that little HP that you claim goes that fast is a tuner that isn't meant for road trips. My car is.

noyouratowel

The XJ220 is one of the most dangerous cars ever made lol. Fuel mileage doesn't mean shit in cars like these anyway 918 is a masterpiece tho

But the XJ220 could get nearly 30mpg

It also has loads of turbo lag which can kill you if you mess up the timing.

doing 200 mph can kill you if you mess up the timing, "where we're going we don't need roads"

And not every car that can go 200 mph has the unique problem of the turbos kicking in at the wrong time. Then you crash into a tree and

A civic gets more than 30 mpg. Does that mean it is engineered better? These cars scope of design is not based on MPG, but on power/speed.

great engineeering would encompass all aspects even those that the intended purchaser doesn't really care about at point of purchase.

No. Great engineers realize that there will be sacrifices necessary to produce the requested outcome. A bridge could be built from a solid

A v6 that puts out 647hp is pretty impressive.

A V6 that puts out 540 for half the fuel is more impressive.

Slightly. Thats over a hundred horsepower leap though. Pretty substantial difference

Also what vehicle are you referring to? I know the gt-r runs a v6 but it gets roughly the same mpg with a bigger engine

ford gt vs jag X220. Jag got close to 30 mpg 25 years ago. bigger ecoboost engine loses mpg but that might be because its in a truck.

As an engineer I don't care about the fuel mileage...

Then you are an inellegant engineer.

I read some of your comments about cars and you are one smug sonofabitch. Curious what you drive that's so elegant.

There are many engineering aspects to a car other than fuel efficiency. Basing efficiency off of fuel mileage misses the power output.

Certain vehicles are able to produce massive amounts of power using less fuel than others. This is efficiency, not MPG.

but most of htese cars have disregarded fuel efficency in search of top trump power numbers, which are unusable in most situations.

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