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Originally Posted by addisonpeterson
I've been reading different threads on this forum and reading different articles about what a sports car really is. Everyone has a slightly different definition, but I thought the Road and Track definition was pretty interesting
"In the postwar era, a "sports car" was any car that seated two, had a soft top, and could be used for competition."
What do you guys think?
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I did read this article too this weekend...I don't agree with him. Nowadays '' true'' ''traditional'' sport car that are used in motorsport or competition comes with a roof... even F1 is getting one in a very short term.
To me sport car has lost that definition. And although the author is trying to convince the world about the origin of the appellation, it's not valid anymore. For god sake even the Toyota Camry is the official Daytona Pace car...so anything that's remotely sporty of used in a sporting event is a sport car...even the Guy that runs a Toyata Tercel fully cage in his local Chumpcar race event.
Now the real question is how should we call 2 door coupe?
A Corvette!!
