The Evolution Of The Supercar - Top Speed
They’re not just the fastest or most luxurious cars on the road. supercars above all else represent the latest and greatest technologies on offer. In this article, I’m going to trace the evolution of the supercar all the way from its primordial form up to the carbon-fiber, hybrid. The supercar’s story begin’s there, with the Model 60 Buick Bug. I actually mentioned this one in a companion article published just last month, The 5 Most Important Cars in the Evolution of the Hot Rod. himself, the Bug was (as far as anyone knows) the world’s very first factory, purpose-built performance car. Packing a hilariously huge 622-cubic-inch four-cylinder , the 57 horsepower, 2,600-pound Bug was utterly insane for its day. Capable of more than 100 miles per hour at a time when the national speed limit was 20 mph, The Bug and its driver Louis Chevrolet (yes, that Chevrolet ) utterly dominated every event it entered. Granted, the Bug was a purpose-built race car, there were only two of them, and they were never made for sale to the public. The Bug was effectively an engine with wheels, with the driver stuck on as kind of an afterthought. Source: www.topspeed.com
