Differences Between Supercars and Hyper Cars
Supercars and hyper cars are often one and the same to people, but there are intriguing differences. Look here to learn what the distinctions are!
When you hear the word supercar, you know it's a one-of-a-kind vehicle, maybe an exotic model; when you hear the term hyper car, you know it's one of the world's best performances. The main distinctions between a supercar and a hyper car are design, performance, and rarity—a supercar is a world-class vehicle, but a hyper car pushes the limits of what is possible while being built in smaller quantities. Here are some of the biggest differences between supercars and hyper cars.
Design
Supercars and hyper cars aren't just race cars; they're high-performance vehicles that can outperform any regular sports car in terms of both overall performance and track lap times. While supercars take an evolutionary approach to design, adopting the most cutting-edge technology and aerodynamic engineering and improving significantly with each release, hyper cars push the limit in every manner conceivable.
Before the LaFerrari, for example, the concept of a hybrid capable of world-class performance was regarded as unachievable. Ferrari, on the other hand, broke new ground by combining a naturally aspirated V12 engine with an electric drive.
Performance
Hyper cars' peak speeds will be higher than supercars' merely because they are dedicated to doing the seemingly impossible. A supercar like the mysterious Ferrari Purosangue, for example, with a peak speed of 205 mph and a 3-second 0-60 mph time, is no slouch. However, a supercar like the Ferrari SF90 Stradale, which has a peak speed of 217 mph and a 0-60 time of 2.6 seconds, is substantially quicker.
Rarity
One of the biggest differences between supercars and hyper cars is that hyper cars are produced in smaller qualities, making them exceedingly rare. For example, by the end of 2016, 7,900 Ferrari California T supercars were built, compared to only 500 LaFerrari hyper cars during the same time. It's even more difficult to locate a convertible version of Ferrari's famed hybrid hyper car: only 210 LaFerrari Aperta cars were ever made.
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