A point that's been missed here....The "real" supercars weren't designed as such, they were based on "family sedan" chassis and had luxobarge engines stuffed in them. They were still real drivers, able to take on actual roads and not fall apart. They were attainable for the average wage-earner without selling his first-born male child and mortgaging the south Forty. I travelled the rural roads of Saskatchewan at great rates of speed in GTX's and Roadrunners, SS Chevy's and the like for years and the wheels stayed on! Try that with your Vipers and Cobras. I've had to pick up the pieces of newer "Racey cars" that weren't built to take the real world.