supercar

From super- +‎ car.

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supercar (plural supercars)

2. Any high-performance sports car; especially, any superexpensive one of a socially exclusive marque designed to be among the fastest on Earth with no expense spared.

   Hypernyms: sports car < car, auto, automobile < vehicle

   Hyponym: hypercar

   These billionaires' world is one of yachts, McLarens, and Lamborghinis — supercars out of reach of the 99%.

   • 2021 July 7, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Lamborghini and Lotus unveil last gasoline-only supercars”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 December 2021:

     Lamborghini, which has built supercars with big 12-cylinder engines for almost 60 years, is one of several supercar makers, including Ferrari and McLaren, that are creating plug-in hybrid sports cars or fully-electric models to meet increasingly stringent carbon emission regulations.

   • 2024 May 29, Mike Baker, “Sleepless in Seattle as a Hellcat Roars Through the Streets”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 June 2024:

     As much of Seattle tries to sleep, the Hellcat supercar goes on the prowl, the howls of its engine and the explosive backfires from its tailpipes echoing off the high-rise towers downtown.