Poll 2017 Supercar Showdown
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martinbo
Staff member
Dude, you're a structural engineer - all hung up about erections and stiffness of members and the like. Every one of these cars will give you all that to the point that you'll be praying for a structural failure.The only car from that list that manages to excite me in more ways than visually is the super-beetle. Therefore, GT3 for me.
Giannis
Staff member
Ok, my throat hurts from laughing!
lambornima
Porsche Perfektionist
Lambo. Looks and sounds the best. They will all drive magnificently and their performance is way more than 99.9% of people including myself can exploit especially when it comes to handling. The lambo gets my heart beating the quickest.
lambornima
Porsche Perfektionist
What a genuinely stupid non-car-guy thing to say.
TopspeedPT
Track Technician
I would get 991.2 GT3 manual, 720S and Performante. And GT2RS later on 
klier
Premium
Lambos are non cars.
lambornima
Porsche Perfektionist
Sounds like someone's butthurt from an Nring time. Don't worry there's a cream for that.
Time for google image search..or not
lambornima
Porsche Perfektionist
Certainly not at work lol
slicknick
Driving Dynamics Pro
Damn it, so I can't
tieftaucher
Diesel Dynamiker
GT3 for me, but in a different color.
slicknick
Driving Dynamics Pro
So, OK, after a few days' of rumination, here is my take:
1)McLaren 720S:
So aggressive, so cutting edge and so otherworldly. Never have I ever come across such a desirable car from the McLaren product range since the might F1. Sure, I too, struggled with the way the front of the car looks but then, the more I looked at it, the more I started absolutely loving it. Love the cutting-edge, purpose-built exterior; and the well-built, tech-fest of an interior.This would be a MUST-BUY for me
VERDICT: BUY, 100%
2)Lamborghini Huracan Performante:
Even though Audi's takeover of Lamborghini back in 1998 has solved the chronical build-quality & reliability problems of past models, I have not been a big fan of what they've done to the bulls, as it seemed as though the zest and passion, the so-called x-factor seemed to have vanished beneath that cloak of Teutonic common sense. And the standard Huracan, I'm afraid, does not seem to be an exception. This new Performante variant, however,seems to have brought some of that lunacy back. I do not even care if there is any controversy surrounding the Nordschleife lap record they seem to claim, it just looks business, from whichever angle you look at the car. Part of me is a bit of a poseur, and I think this Performante would serve me just fine.
VERDICT: BUY (caving in to the poseur within me)
3) Ferrari 488 GTB:
Since the 458 came out, I have adored that car, but with all due respect, even though it may be a great car, this 488 seems to be missing some of that Ferrari zest and passion. Sure, it is still a looker and one hell of a performer, but once you buy a Ferrari, you buy that whole "heritage", and this one, somehow, seems a tad watered down compared to some of Ferrari's all-time greats.
VERDICT: DON'T BUY
4)Porsche 991.2 GT3
Surely, this car brings nothing in terms of innovation, pantomime and panache. That said, even though it is by far the least powerful of the cars over here, no one can really match that "extra" a Porsche GT3 would provide. As @martinbo said in another thread, I too, would be gladly willing to donate my left testicle for one of these bad boys, especially the upcoming manual variant
VERDICT: BUY
5) Audi R8 V10 plus
Sure, it is the most practical and user friendly of the bunch, and even though I'd buy this one over the standard Huracan, it just doesn't seem to cut the mustard in the face of very stiff competition provided by the other four
VERDICT: DON'T BUY
1)McLaren 720S:
So aggressive, so cutting edge and so otherworldly. Never have I ever come across such a desirable car from the McLaren product range since the might F1. Sure, I too, struggled with the way the front of the car looks but then, the more I looked at it, the more I started absolutely loving it. Love the cutting-edge, purpose-built exterior; and the well-built, tech-fest of an interior.This would be a MUST-BUY for me
VERDICT: BUY, 100%
2)Lamborghini Huracan Performante:
Even though Audi's takeover of Lamborghini back in 1998 has solved the chronical build-quality & reliability problems of past models, I have not been a big fan of what they've done to the bulls, as it seemed as though the zest and passion, the so-called x-factor seemed to have vanished beneath that cloak of Teutonic common sense. And the standard Huracan, I'm afraid, does not seem to be an exception. This new Performante variant, however,seems to have brought some of that lunacy back. I do not even care if there is any controversy surrounding the Nordschleife lap record they seem to claim, it just looks business, from whichever angle you look at the car. Part of me is a bit of a poseur, and I think this Performante would serve me just fine.
VERDICT: BUY (caving in to the poseur within me)
3) Ferrari 488 GTB:
Since the 458 came out, I have adored that car, but with all due respect, even though it may be a great car, this 488 seems to be missing some of that Ferrari zest and passion. Sure, it is still a looker and one hell of a performer, but once you buy a Ferrari, you buy that whole "heritage", and this one, somehow, seems a tad watered down compared to some of Ferrari's all-time greats.
VERDICT: DON'T BUY
4)Porsche 991.2 GT3
Surely, this car brings nothing in terms of innovation, pantomime and panache. That said, even though it is by far the least powerful of the cars over here, no one can really match that "extra" a Porsche GT3 would provide. As @martinbo said in another thread, I too, would be gladly willing to donate my left testicle for one of these bad boys, especially the upcoming manual variant
VERDICT: BUY
5) Audi R8 V10 plus
Sure, it is the most practical and user friendly of the bunch, and even though I'd buy this one over the standard Huracan, it just doesn't seem to cut the mustard in the face of very stiff competition provided by the other four
VERDICT: DON'T BUY
Gianclaudio
Aerodynamic Artisan
The GT3 and Maserati Gran Turismo, for everyday.
slicknick
Driving Dynamics Pro
In the interior department;
- I think new 720S is the most modern/high-tech, most crisp and the highest quality of the quintet...
- The Audi R8 V10 plus comes second for me, as it is well made and has plenty of tech as well
- I like the flamboyant layout of the Huracan, modernized even further with the Performante. However, that compressed CF looks like a kitchen surface , which I am not a big fan of
- Never liked the 488 interior (though it is slightly better than its predecessor, the 458), doesn't float my boat
- The GT3, with the exception of the seats, looks just like a standard 911, well-built but quite dull looking in this dept, with all due respect
- I think new 720S is the most modern/high-tech, most crisp and the highest quality of the quintet...
- The Audi R8 V10 plus comes second for me, as it is well made and has plenty of tech as well
- I like the flamboyant layout of the Huracan, modernized even further with the Performante. However, that compressed CF looks like a kitchen surface , which I am not a big fan of
- Never liked the 488 interior (though it is slightly better than its predecessor, the 458), doesn't float my boat
- The GT3, with the exception of the seats, looks just like a standard 911, well-built but quite dull looking in this dept, with all due respect
lambornima
Porsche Perfektionist
Iunno looks wise I think even the Ferrari looks better than the Mclaren. I keep seeing pics of the 720 but it still looks misproportioned (sp?) and I can't get used to the front of the car.
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