History Of Supercars

It was won by david mckay in a jaguar mk1 3 4.

History of supercars. The term supercar was first used in the 1920s but it wasn t until the mid 1950s that high performance sports cars began to appear. It gives you a thorough and detailed history of the world s greatest supercars the science styling creation and vision in creating them. The 2010s saw a good amount of supercars as well including models such as. The first was held on the gnoo blas circuit in orange new south wales and the winning driver was david mckay who went on to become a racing journalist for the australian daily telegraph.

Globally it is recognised as the best touring car category in the world and a leader in motorsport entertainment. Racing materials and technology played a large part in the make up of the gto as they did in the next in the hypercar line the fascinating porsche 959. It goes to the dawn of the automobile straight to the present day. By the 1970s and 1980s the term was in regular use if not precisely defined.

Noble m600 lamborghini sesto elemento lamborghini aventador pagani huayra koenigsegg agera r lamborghini veneno mclaren mp4 12c bugatti veyron supersport. One interpretation up until the 1990s was to use it for mid engine two seat cars with at least eight cylinders but typically a v12 engine a power output of at least 400 bhp 298 kw and a top speed of at least. It is filled with interviews and anecdotes from a lot of the world s most prominent automobile experts. Originally known as the australian touring car championship atcc the first race is held in 1960 at gnoo blas in orange new south wales as a category for modified production based sedans.

Supercars as we know them arrived in the mid 1960s with the motorsport derived ford gt born out of ferrari s refusal to become part of ford. Supercar history part 2 the hypercar. From 1960 to 1968 a single race determined the outcome of the championship. The gto s twin turbo v8 endowed it with genuine 190mph performance and a 0 60 time of under 5 seconds the first road car to achieve this since the 1965 ac cobra.

Battle of the 80s supercars with david hasselhoff. The history of v8 supercars goes back to 1960 when it was known as the australian touring car championship. The lamborghini miura produced from 1966 1973 is often said to be the first supercar.