Sports car

A sports car is a type of automobile designed for sporting performance. While opinions differ as to the exact definition, most sports cars have two seats and two doors, and are designed to excel at a combination of acceleration, top speed, braking, and maneuverability. Great emphasis is often placed on handling—the ability of the car to remain in the control of the driver under challenging conditions such as when the car's tires begin to lose their grip on corners.

Examples

Well known specialist brands or marques, new and old, are:

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• AC
• Alfa Romeo
• Alpine
• Aston Martin
• Austin-Healey
• Bricklin
• Bugatti
• Caterham
• De Lorean
• Ferrari
• Jaguar
• Koenigsegg
• Lamborghini
• Ligier
• Lotus
• Marcos
• McLaren
• Maserati
• MG
• Morgan
• Noble
• Panoz
• Porsche
• Spyker
• Triumph
• TVR
• Vector

Almost all major car manufacturers also make some form of high performance car, sometimes very successfully such as Ford with the GT40, Mazda with the MX-5/Miata, RX-7/RX-8, Chevrolet with the Corvette and Nissan with the Z-car and Skyline GT-R.

Related Topics:
Ford - GT40 - Mazda - MX-5/Miata - RX-7 - RX-8 - Chevrolet - Corvette - Nissan - Z-car - Skyline GT-R

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