Mumbles

Digesting my purchase, and what I spent on my 2009 911S, truly is this car classed as one of the current "Supercars" or not , if so why, if not, why not ?
Are only certain 911 models referred to as "superscars" ?

Edgy01

Not. A Porsche 911 is a sports car. Super cars are (1) rare and (2) expensive to insure and repair.

Targa Tim

Definitely not supercars. It is inexpensive to buy, and it is over-produced.

911 is classified as the benchmark or default sportcar instead.

Franklin229

I agree not a supercar but the 911 is a GT car-very far from being a sports car. At least how it sits today and certainly how it's trending.

Selo

Maybe trending that way, but the overall feel and performance of the 997, imo, is still that of a sports car.

mooty

no 911's are super cars include all RS variants from past to present.
959, CGT are supercars

jcnesq

Yeh, mooty is probably right, although I like to think of my TT as the next best thing to a supercar, that you can drive every day.

Fin Fever

certainly a super car,
definitely not a supercar

simsgw

This is one of those sliding definitions. Basically, if you can afford it, it's not a supercar unless you bought it and discovered you can't tolerate it for more than a hundred miles a month. (c.f. Lamborghinis, exciting as they look)

The current 997 exceeds by far the performance that people expected of the indisputable supercars in the year it was first released. (And for the record, though you didn't ask this, it is more in touch with the road and responsive than sports cars that are undeniable members of that class, but that's another question we'll save for a cold Winter night.) People who can't afford Porsches, let alone Carreras, think of these as supercars and don't even question the point. Most journalists fall into that category and they usually acknowledge the livability of the Porsches by sticking all the cost-is-no-object cars into a more rarefied category, like 'hypercar'.

As a conversational rule of thumb, a 'supercar' is one from the class just out of your financial reach that will blow off your own car. Since you (and I) own one, a Carrera isn't a supercar, just a super car. Ain't it grand?

Gary

equ

In 2006, I gave a ride to a co-worker in my then new Cayman S. After half an hour, he just turned to me and said "E, this is a supercar!".

It's all a matter of perspective. Or did he mean super car?

Fahrer

It is not a supercar but can often be compared with supercars. Certainly, in competition.

Tcc1999

How do you know that you have spent too much time on the forum? When someone starts a thread like this and you can remember identical ones from the past, then you want to reply, "The Search Function Is Your Friend" - or if you're a helpful person simply respond w/ a number of links to the past threads.

fskof

Remember the old definition of a supercar: A car that wont start, runs rough, leaks oil, brakes down, cost a fortune to fix, and a ride so stiff that it feels like someone is hitting you with a sledgehammer....lol how cars have changed for the better

Edgy01

I didn't want to go there, so I just ignored that...

IslandS52

It would have been a supercar 15-20 years ago