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Hypercars

Hypercars are top of the line Supercars that are the absolute best in most, if not all, of the elements of standard Supercar. These element include, but not limited to, acceleration, price, rarity, top speed, sound and appearance.^[1]

Hypercar v.s. Supercar

Hyper cars take certain qualifications to a new level, such as efficient propulsion, weight-efficient builds, and creating unique and outstanding aerodynamics. Although all these characteristics could qualify to make a great Supercar, Hypercars usually excel in all of them while being semi-fuel efficient and exceeding typical Autobahn speeds. Usually stocked with 10 or more cylinder engines, built from carbon fiber, with engines in the back for better aerodynamics, a Hypercar focuses more on straight line speed,rather than handling performance.

Supercars are a eye catching factory stock machinery in which they accelerate faster and are defiantly more expensive than at least 98% of the other cars manufactured in that same year.^[2]

All Hypercars are Supercars, but not all Supercars are Hypercars. Hypercars take up about 1% of Supercars.^[2] All in all, Hypercars are a small sub-section of cars in the larger category of "Supercar".

Qualifications

When it comes to deciding the qualifying factors that determine if a Supercar can make it under the Hypercar title, we see a lot of unclear and open-ended criteria. The qualifications are not obvious or easy to designate due to the fact that there is not a 100% straight forward book definition of Hypercar since it is just coming into our daily language.^[2]

In order to be submitted into the Hypercar family, the vehicle needs to meet all criteria of a Supercar while continuing to push the boundaries in performance. Having up-to-date technology and modernized, creative and unique design are a few main topics that most of the open-ended criteria falls under.^[2]

Almost every aspect of a Hypercar should be a step into the future for automotive technology, engineering technology and exterior body design. Dreaming up, creating and putting together these ultimate machines can be looked at like a competition to see who can come out with the newest and most sleek new desired machinery.

Certain Supercars like the Lamborghini Murcielago (which is still an ultimate driving machine but once qualified to be a Hypercar) are slowly sliding down the Supercar scale due to the fact that Hypercars are advancing more and more with every generation.^[2]

Although the advancement in technology seems impressive and like a step into the future, it sets back previously known Hypercars and challenges the creators to build the newest, most crazy and desirable version of their automobile. At this rate, every remarkable breakthrough we learn and apply to these vehicles today will very soon be tomorrows common feature when the next cooler update is created.^[2]

Do not be discouraged if you think less of Supercars after educating yourself on this topic, because all this means is that the advancement of Supercars will quickly increase and upgrade as well. ^[2]

A few things to keep in mind when deciding if a car can switch from the "super" to the "hyper" title are how well they exceed the normal statistics in, acceleration, top speed, price, exclusivity (How many were made and their accessibility), style, handling (steering, breaking, cornering, etc), and horsepower and torque. ^[2]

History

1950's Jaguar XKSS and Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe

"Hypercars" were first introduced in the 1950's. Which included the Jaguar XKSS and the Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coup.^[3]

1960's Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale

The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 was the one of the first cars to actually best describe a "Hypercar." Following the Stradale, a 2.0L V8 engine that could perform an outstanding 230hp to almost 270hp fully tuned. Weighing in at 1,543lbs, it was one of the fastest road cars in its class.^[3]