Girls don't like boys, girls like Cars and Money.

Alright, first post for things I like.

SUPER CARS!!! which as you can guess from the name of the post cost a wholeeeeee lot of $$$$$$.

Money is whatever, but... unfortunately my favorite super car cost about $1.5 Million. Soooo no money, no super car.
But I'm not actually here to talk about money, so let's pretend for the duration of this post that money is no object and we could all get any super car we want for the price of a cardboard box.


Super cars or cars in general tend to get put into the list of "guy" things. Which I think is bunch of crap to be honest, because chances are good I know more about cars that half of the guys I know. So we're just gonna break that little stereo type right now.
Cars are amazing, I love them. Everything from the engine to the rims, Paint color to weight. But more than anything, I like how fast you can get them to go.
I mean seriously, 200 some Miles per hour is pretty amazing! But don't get me wrong, just because you can get a car to go super fast does not make it a super car.
Examples-

For starters, Rice Burners- if you don't know what these are, well it's ok. Rice burner is kind of the derogatory term given to them by people who like REAL cars, like BMW, McLaren, Mercedes AMG, Basically anything German :)
A rice burner would be something a Honda Civic that someone has modified to high heaven just to get it to be a decent car.
Sure they go fast, you may get it to be considered a racing car), but... when you step out, or open the hood, you're still driving another little Asian high MPG car (which after being modified, get pretty much no MPGs anyway). You might as well show up to race day in a Prius.

notice the engine didn't make it in the picture ;)

The next type of "fast car" that I don't like is anything driven in NASCAR.
GROSSSSS!!!!! All you have done is take an ugly, unreliable, Cheap piece of American engineering ( if you can even call it engineering, taking other companies designs and making it cheaper, I think engineers deserve more credit than to be lumped in with these cars) and super charged it and changed the exterior and chassis to plastic and the windows to net and then called it a super car.
Now sure, I know more goes into it than what i mentioned above, but really, it still is not a super car.

see plastic cars don't work.


A Super car is something so amazing that it earns the Super part in not only speed, but engineering, how smart they can make the car, the technology in it. All the thought that goes into every single inch of it. How they can shed more weight, how they can make the strongest car while still keeping it light and safe.
The engine is obviously one of the most important parts, but so is every other thing in the car from the air conditioning, to the Navigation system. From the headrest to the 3 point racing seat belts. It takes so much time and care to build a true super car. Hence why, when you open the hood to your Pagani Zonda, this is what you see...


Thats right, German engineering. Only the best for the best cars. Something very common is for Super car companies and any car really is to be owned by one parent company and get there engine from another (most commonly a German engine).
For example-
Volkswagen owns-
Audi
Bentley
Bugatti
Lamborghini


So for the most part, the super cars are owned by Germans and have German engines and an Italian (for the most part) exterior. Of course, some of the most insanely awesome Super cars (that no one can actually afford, or would never in a million years drive on a public road are 100% DEUTSCH!!!



The Gumpert Apollo - a beautiful car, 100% German
Price- $600,000
650 HP, V8 engine
0-62 3.0 seconds
0-124 8.9 Sec.
Top speed-224 mph
Total weight- 3,000 lbs

These are some of my favorites/ the most well known.

The Pagani Zonda F Roadster
Price- $1,448,000
602 HP, AMG V12
0-60 3.5 Seconds
0-100 6.0 Seconds
Top speed- 214 mph

Lamborghini Reventon-
Price- $1,454,400
605 HP, V12
0-60 3.3 Sec
0-124 11 Sec
Top speed- 211 mph

Bugatti Veyron 16.4-
Price- $1,738,080
1,001 HP, , W16 with 4 turbo chargers.
0-60 2.5 Sec
0-124 7.3 Seconds
Top speed-253 mph

Ferrari 430 Scuderia
Price- $235,000
510 HP, V8
0-60 3.4 Seconds
0-124 11.5 Seconds
Top speed- 198 mph

Koenigsegg CCXR
Price- $2,173,950
1,018 HP, V8
0-60 2.9 seconds
0-124 8.9 Seconds
Top speed-250 mph

Just a few of my favorites, But as you can see. There is no modified Honda or Toyota in the midst. Or any car with an Asian engine in it, now don't get my wrong, I have nothing against Asia or the people. But I'm not going to sit here and tell you they make the best cars, because the bottom line is, they don't. And until they and the American's stop using cheap materials and finally buy a German engine. They have no chance of making it in the world of super cars.

So you see, there is so much more to a super car then speed. Plus they are beautiful. And that my readers, is why super cars are one of my favorite things in the world.
Even though I will be lucky if I ever even get to sit in one. They're exclusivity doesn't hurt their appeal either. Who wants to blend in when you could stand out on the streets by driving this...