what would you prefer? supercar or a fully modiefied import.?

Question

give the answer and tell me why..

Answer 1

I would want a Super American Car that would blow the imports sox's off and good gas millage on top of that

Answer 2

I'll assume the supercar would have to be unmodified for this comparison.

If I were racing, I'd take the modified import. Just about any car is going to take a fair amount of mods to make it competative in a road racing environment. Exoitc cars are not exempt from this, although Porsches come pretty close to track ready. And some exotics, like the Veyron, are so heavy they would probably not be competative on a road course anyway.

The way racing groups classify cars would probably insure that a hopped up Integra would not go up against a stock Lamborghini, but the Integra would have a much better chance of winning in its class. And in some events, even modified exotics would have a hard time against purpose-built cars of humbler origin. I don't think there is a Lambo in the world that could beat Scott McQueen's infamous Mazda-powered Austin Healy Sprite on an autocross course. (Of course, there's not much of the original left with that car - see http://www.hoosiertire.com/PHOTOS/mcqueen.JPG for a picture of this monster.)

For a practical daily driver, I would again prefer to have have an Integra or similar choice - although not quite modified the same way I would for race track duty. The maintenance on an exotic car is often painfully expensive, and many of them are not even very comfortable.

Now, for impressing the neighbors, that's where a supercar really comes into its own.

Ok, so I am being a bit unfair to supercars - some exotics (Porsches in particular) and near-exotics (BMW M3, Corvette, Viper) can do quite well on a road course, and will be faster than a typical tweaked import when given some basic but decent track prep (in particular, the tires would need to be swapped out for real racing rubber). Exotic cars are often quite fast, but not the invincible monsters many think they are.

Answer 3

a fully modified supercar

Answer 4

supercar , modified import quite different invironment