SEMANTIC SATIATION

What if I told you that the Ford Mustang isn't a sports car? You'd probably call me crazy. Now, what if I went a step further and said that the Porsche 911 isn't a sports car either? You'd probably be calling the nearest mental hospital to come take me away. Before you do that, though, let me tell you the traditional definition of a sports car. A sports car is any car that can seat two people, has a soft top, and can be used for competition.

- ADITYA UPADHYAULA

Unless you're specifically talking about the convertible versions of the aforementioned cars, they are not sports cars. What do you call them, then? Add a permanent hardtop to a sports car and you get a grand tourer. Any high-performance automobile designed for speed, agility, and handling is labelled a sports car these days, but in reality, a majority of them are grand tourers.

Admittedly, a grand tourer doesn't quite evoke the same excitement as a sports car, but that's reality.

Moving past these relatively welldefined categories, the classification of performance cars truly breaks down. Now, what exactly is a supercar? An arbitrary combination of price, performance, and rarity classifies something as a supercar.

With a name like that, you'd think supercars are the absolute pinnacle of automotive design and engineering, but you'd be mistaken.