5 Car That Should Be Considered Supercars!

Executive Automotive Society

#thesociety #vipprimo #car  #supercars #automobile #carshow #podcast #carsidechat  Today we discuss the 5 cars that we think you should consider as a supercar.    These cars had some fatal flaw that never really got them accepted as top tier car, but in reality they were more super than you think, and we want to give them their glory and what is due!  00:00 Intro 03:15 Ford Escort RS Cosworth 04:42 Porsche 944 Turbo 06:04 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 07:26 Acura NSX 08:55 Mazda RX7 10:32 Like, Subscribe, Buy!  Visit our social media locations and podcast for more automotive news and reviews, supercar discussion, fashion, business and motivation.  For all your high end car needs and event coverage. Shop at: https://a53421-3e.myshopify.com/ For all Links, head to Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/vipprimo TheSociety Website: https://www.executiveautomotivesociety.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ExecutiveAutomotiveSociety Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/executiveautomotivesociety/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/executiveautomotivesociety Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ExecAutoSociety LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/executive-automotive-society Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/executiveautomotivesociety Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/executiveautomotivesociety  VIPPrimo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vipprimo Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vipprimo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vipprimo/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vipprimo/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/vipprimo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipprimo/ Kick: https://kick.com/vipprimo TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vipprimo Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1BZFhP8GxqhsNWaNpFGTDD Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcast/89022484-40e0-44ec-9af9-49172bd7c9ad/car-side-chat Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/car-side-chat/id1588813691 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/executiveautosociety  Merch store: https://aggressivedesign.etsy.com

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00:00These are the cars that we think should be considered super.

00:08Welcome back to Car Side Chat. I'm your host Primo and what I do is supercars. I've been

00:15doing this supercar thing for longer than most of you watching the channel have even been alive.

00:21If you're wondering, the Countach and I are actually the same age and I did not just admit

00:26to that. So one question I get quite a bit is, what car do I think should be considered for

00:33supercar status? And that's a great question. It's hard to think about it today with power outputs

00:39beyond a thousand horsepower on paper, but there was a point when a 400 horsepower car was pretty

00:45darn impressive. If you've seen any of our shorts, you have seen a list of the power outputs of

00:50supercars from the 80s and the 90s. And it's pretty baffling that they even considered them

00:57supercars, but back then that was a big deal. And that's why it's so hard to really define

01:03what a supercar is. Does it adjust for horsepower inflation? Or is it really in

01:08how the car is designed and performed in comparison to say everything else? Today,

01:13we do focus on handling and aerodynamics much more than power like we used to.

01:19In fact, if you go back, you'll find some cars wearing the supercar badge that really just don't

01:25seem to deserve it. One thing I do know is just throwing power at it isn't the answer today,

01:31but in contrast, that's kind of how Enzo Ferrari believed. He was just not a fan of aerodynamics.

01:38So I'd love to say this is what makes a supercar, but the truth be told is nobody has a solid

01:43answer. I think it really is a title that fits into the eye of the beholder and some cars give

01:49us 20, 20 vision while others make us squint really, really hard. I also have to add cars

01:55like AMG aren't considered for this. And that's because those brands really don't like being

02:01called super as much as they like being called luxury or as I like to call it, Uber luxury.

02:07Sure. There's no question. AMG one is super. I mean, if you've got a car that there is no doubt,

02:12I don't want to put it on this list. We already know the same goes for Bentley with a laundry

02:18list of track wins, but their street cars aren't designed to be track monsters. They're

02:23designed to be quiet, luxurious, fashionable, and contemporary. And the same goes for Rolls-Royce,

02:30which may never see a track, but are you ever going to get a better experience traveling than

02:35riding in one? So I really don't think, even though they don't ding all the bells or toot

02:42all the whistles that there is any doubt that those cars are considered super. No, we're going

02:47to focus on cars that make you doubt and then tell you why they should be. And you may also say this

02:54car, that car deserves to be on the list. And you know what? You're probably right. We don't have

02:59time to go over every car. So we're not going to argue about some cars, even if they don't bear the

03:04title. A lot of them are still considered by many as being a super car. So even if I didn't add it,

03:10feel free to put them in the comments below and bring a little love to your favorite model.

03:15So my first pitch here is the Ford Escort RS Cosworth. And I know it may seem a little bit

03:21subjective, but bear with me. Imagine if you're a big company and you want to win races, but before

03:27you can unleash an insane car on unsuspecting competition, you got to build a couple of real

03:34cars for the road first. Sure. You could spend a ton of time reworking everything. So it's quiet

03:40and safe for drivers on the streets, or you could go the Cosworth route and say,

03:48so basically they took a track purpose race car and they slapped it into what looked like an

03:53econobox street car. So to sum it up, it only looks like an escort, but in reality, it's a

03:58serial killer with a God complex. Over its run, only 7,145 cars were built. And that's

04:05probably a good thing because it stomped over every super and M3 like it was a fat kid in a

04:10candy store. Many have been tuned to a thousand horsepower and simply challenge anything that

04:16moved to race. The last time I saw one, it was parked next to a Veyron because nothing in the

04:21entire hyper car show was more powerful. It gets better too. Why was it canceled? Because it was

04:27too loud. The only reason I think it wasn't put in the movie fast and furious is number one,

04:32nobody knew what it was. And second, because it would have been faster than everything in there

04:37and rarer than a Murcielago. Boom, supercar stamp approved. Next, the Porsche 944. Now nobody

04:46thought of the 944 as some groundbreaking vehicle. It was Porsche's foray into water cooled engines,

04:53but it was more like a Porsche Frankenstein. The 1980s, by the way, were not kind to it, but

05:00the 1980s weren't kind to any cars. What it lacked in power, it more than made up for with handling.

05:06That rear mounted transmission may have been an abomination, but it came with a perfect 50,

05:1250 weight distribution. With a little love and a good set of tires, it could pull over a G in the

05:17corner. While others were slowing down, the mad scientist just kept pouring on the speed

05:23and it adorned the covers of magazines because of it. The Porsche 944 race car builds became

05:29synonymous with trophies too, popping them out like Pez dispensers. And they were fun to drive

05:35to boot while becoming more and more like a hyper car. One purpose build race car made 750 horsepower,

05:42which for the time is definitely supercar territory. Today it may be long in the tooth,

05:47but that hasn't really stopped them from being fan favorites. Put one back in the operating room,

05:52throw an LS or Audi motor in it, slap on some carbon fiber skin, ton of aftermarket everywhere

05:58for it. The perfect driving machine. And if that ain't super, I don't know what is. The Mitsubishi

06:043000GT VR4. And when it comes to looking like a supercar, there are actually a few cars that I

06:12think truly pull it off. If you were around long enough to appreciate the 3000GT when it came into

06:19production, it really checked all the boxes. From day one, everyone thought it should be hanging

06:25out with Ferraris. The wedge shape, the duct work, even the name said fast. The 300 horsepower

06:31versions weren't anything to scoff at and with all wheel drive, they were very capable. Still,

06:37the car never caught on and it didn't get the recognition its tuner cousins enjoyed.

06:43It also suffered more and more quality issues as time passed. And with it having an identity

06:49crisis, it lost some of that traditional supercar styling. And I think in some respects,

06:55it kind of lost its way since it wasn't built to be a race car. It didn't share the same accolades

07:01of cars like the Nissan 300ZX, the Supra, the RX-7 or Skyline. And with no trophies on the

07:08mantle, people I think ask why I bothered and moved on to other cars. So the car that had the title

07:14budget Ferrari killer got lost in the clutter. Still, if it looks like a supercar, quacks like

07:20a supercar and flies like a supercar, I think it deserves the badge, supercar. The Acura NSX.

07:28What can't I say about an NSX? It started off a warning shot across Ferrari's bow and the shot so

07:35big that Ferrari even took notice. A mid-engine car that for the time showed us what the future

07:41of supercars should have been. Affordable, fun and definitely track worthy. What it lacked was power.

07:48The NSX was painfully underpowered and it never overcame those problems either. I really think

07:54people expected it to have more power. By 1994 Ferrari had upped its game with the popular F355

08:01and simply left it in the dust on pretty much everything except for the price tag. People forgot

08:07what the NSX had accomplished. While other tuners found success, the NSX stagnated. Still, what the

08:13NSX stood for is still relevant today. Mid-engine, rear wheel drive, analog feel and even though it

08:21seemed to fail on the street, its racing counterpart was killing it on the tracks in Japan.

08:26If they have to change the rules just because you show up, you're doing something right. Still, buyers

08:32really never truly identified with it. They never started doing a lot of the aftermarket to get it

08:37up to the power numbers of its competition and that left it behind. They preferred other models

08:44as it fell into some weird niche that it never seemed to recover from. The truth is NSX did

08:50everything ahead of its time and for that we think it definitely deserves the title.

08:55The Mazda RX-7. The RX-7 is the shock factor of cars. When vehicles had sharp edges, it was smooth

09:03and sleek. When other cars had normal engines, it had a rotary. When everyone was thinking power,

09:08it was thinking handling and aerodynamics and the result was really that it proved everybody wrong.

09:14It was well balanced, dynamic, and it was literally a handling masterpiece. Sure, the

09:20rotary was a problematic engine on its best day, but it also didn't rely too much on its engine

09:26for its success. That alone seems like a novel concept. With sub 300 horsepower, it could easily

09:33out-handle or should I say manhandle competition 100 horsepower or more above its station. Go to

09:39any competition where it's regulated and you'll find it classed higher than cars with similar

09:44stats. Simply put, the RX-7 was made to go fast in all the right ways and it made it look easy.

09:51If you've never driven one, you're missing out. Just one lap and you'll say imagine what this

09:57thing could do with twice the horsepower. And that's really all that kept it from being called

10:02a supercar. What really shocked me is that nobody tried to replicate anything it did and it did

10:09everything right except for its engine. This one I have to say is a no-brainer and for those that

10:15don't know it, it really is time to understand exactly what made the RX-7 so special and so cool

10:21and that's what makes a car super. So I know you got a lot of rotary fans out there, but you know

10:26what? If it takes us to LS swap the thing to make all the power in the world, just let them have it.

10:32So that's our list. Tell us in the comments whether you agree or which cars you think should wear the

10:37supercar title. Hey, maybe you can get in one of those cool internet arguments with a complete

10:41stranger, but I hope you find some hidden gems you've never thought of before and find some

10:48common ground among other enthusiasts. I hope that with all the things that we do for Motivation

10:53Monday that somebody's paying attention and can get into some good discussions. Until then, head

10:59over to our new product store and pick up some of the new apparel and look the part of a supercar

11:04owner. Until then, we'll be looking for the next odd topic to discuss, but you know what?

11:12That's for another video. We'll see you then.

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