{{Short description|Car with above-average capabilities}} {{Use British English |date=February 2024}} {{Use dmy dates |date=February 2024}} {{More citations needed |date=February 2024}} A '''performance car''' is a car that exhibits above-average capabilities in one or more of the following areas: acceleration (torque and throttle response), top speed (horsepower), cornering and braking.<ref name="hyu20" /> It is debated how much performance is required to move classification from standard to high performance.
==Classification== Further classification of performance cars is possible in the following categories: * Hot hatch — a high-performance version of a mass-produced hatchback model * Sports sedan — a high-performance version of a sedan model * Muscle car — a large American or Australian rear-wheel drive car with a V8 engine * Sports car — a high performance designed with an emphasis on dynamic performance, such as handling, acceleration, top speed, the thrill of driving, and racing capability. * Grand tourer — a luxury performance car designed for high speed and long-distance driving * Supercar — a street-legal sports car with race track-like power, speed, and handling, plus a certain subjective ''cachet'' linked to pedigree and/or exclusivity * Hypercar — Another term for high-performance sports cars, often used to describe the highest-performing supercars
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> File:Aston Martin DBS - Flickr - Alexandre Prévot (11) (cropped).jpg|Aston Martin DBS V12 - grand tourer File:2017 Volkswagen Golf GTi TSi 2.0 Front.jpg|Volkswagen Golf GTI - hot hatch File:1966 Pontiac GTO (14229809133) (cropped).jpg|Pontiac GTO - muscle car File:2018 BMW M5 Automatic 4.4.jpg|BMW M5 - sports sedan File:Ferrari 488 Pista Genf 2018.jpg|Ferrari 488 Pista - supercar </gallery>
== See also == * ''Performance Car'' (magazine)
==References== <references> <ref name="hyu20">{{cite web |title=What is a high performance car? |date=2020-02-13 |website=Hyundai |url=https://www.hyundai-n.com/en/media/n-zine/what-is-a-high-performance-car.do#:~:text=Common%20definitions%20say%20performance%20cars,weight%2C%20allowing%20for%20maximum%20performance |access-date=2024-02-17 }}</ref> </references>
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