What's Your Favorite Supercar?
From the original widow-maker, the Dodge Viper SRT-10, and the ultimate childhood-bedroom poster car the Lamborghini Countach to more modern examples, like the Audi R8 and the Porsche GT3 RS, there are plenty of examples of amazing cars -- with sky-high MSRPs, too. Which one most moves you?
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My Pick
I've never really considered myself a Porsche girly, at least, not when compared to the likes of Brad Brownell (an impossible standard that I hold myself to anyway) but there's just something about the Porsche GT3 RS that makes me want to drive stupid fast while howling at the sky like a feral beast. It comes with a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat six engine pumping out 518 horsepower with 342 pounds-feet of torque for a 0-60 time of just three seconds.
Is it the most powerful supercar around? No. Is it the fastest? Certainly not. But it comes with immense downforce and all the well-tuned driving dynamics that can only come from a driving-experience obsessed automaker like Porsche. Plus, and this is the most important part, it just looks so stupid cool. I want to drive one so badly, but I also don't trust myself in a car like this with its 184-mile-per-hour top speed. I fell in love with this car when it came out in 2023, and still haven't lost any of the lust I carry for this supercar version of the 911.
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