| There are many sports car lovers who are afraid | | | | ride give you the best of both worlds. As far as |
| that they will soon go the way of the dinosaur | | | | the affordability issue goes, it is quite simple most |
| because of high fuel prices and the advances in | | | | families are just unable to afford the expense of |
| performance technology that is enabling family | | | | having a car just for fun. People these days have |
| sedans to compete with sports cars in quickness. | | | | to make use of their cars on a daily basis as it |
| While it does seem that there has been | | | | has become cost prohibitive to keep one around |
| somewhat of a decline in sports cars along with | | | | just as a hobby or weekend car. |
| increased sales of SUVs some of the current | | | | In the beginning cars were used as sport, for |
| developments tell me that the vehicles we love | | | | racing across country in rallies and contests. It |
| are not going to be around in large numbers but | | | | wasn't until much later that they became |
| they will still be around. | | | | mainstream everyday drivers. |
| Back in the day, muscle cars ruled in the | | | | Some good news for the high end sports car |
| performance realm and regular sedans and trucks | | | | market is that there are several companies that |
| couldn't keep up. SUVs didn't even exist. Now with | | | | are beginning production of hybrid or electric |
| the innovations in design and engine performance | | | | sports cars. Some of the top companies like |
| and the light weight materials being used | | | | Toyota, Honda, Mazda, and Mitsubishi are working |
| automakers are getting superior results out of | | | | on bringing them to the open market. |
| smaller engines. In addition normal production | | | | The most promising one that I have seen as a |
| vehicles now handle as good as a race car. | | | | true sports car in terms of performance and the |
| Some of the other issues that are causing the | | | | fact that it is a two seater is the new totally |
| decline in the numbers of sports cars seen on the | | | | electric roadster from Tesla Motors, a company |
| road include comfort and affordability. Sports cars | | | | backed by the founders of Google and Paypal. |
| in the truest sense are not built for comfort, they | | | | The car does 0 to 60 in less than 4 seconds and |
| are built for speed and long road trips are no fun. | | | | it runs on laptop batteries! |
| The larger cars of today that still offer a sporty | | | | |