Lots more billionaires are buying lots more supercars...

The 488 is a super car,but it is not a supercar.

 

I'm not sure what qualifies as a supercar anymore besides price. A 488 does the 1/4 a sliver under 3 sec. weighs in at 3250 lbs dry with 5500 lb.ft. of torque.and a top speed of close to 206 mph. I know that may not be considered that special these days but the car is faster than my previous 599 GTO which was considered one of the few only 6 years ago. So the only thing that seems to separate the men from the boys is more HP and you must spend at least 500K to be considered a "Supercar"

 

Seriously? You trust topgear for financial news?

 

A 488 does the 1/4 a sliver under 3 sec. weighs in at 3250 lbs dry with 5500 lb.ft. of torque.and a top speed of close to 206 mph.

Had no idea it was THAT fast Holy Sh%&!!!! The fastest top fuel dragster can only do it in just over 3.7 secs... must be that 5500 ft/lbs of torque you mentioned

 

There are so few billionaires in the world that the "new" supercar buyers among them wouldn't add up to more than a handful of cars each. It's not like billionaires are suddenly buying 10s or 100s of cars each all of a sudden.

 

I think you are confusing 0-60 times and 1/4 mile tiles. 488 is fast, but nowhere near top fuel time fast in a drag race.

 

One really doesn't have to be a billionaire to buy a 488.
Being a mundane millionaire is good enough.

Marcel Massini

 

Well said! Us bottom feeders suffer such atrocities in our humdrum F12's and 488's.
Now if only we could afford to buy a "real" sports car! You know the chrome wrapped kind with air suspension.

Very phew cars seriously outshine any 458 or later model.
The fact that you can have a wonderful lightly used F12 for 180.000 € when a top spec Audi RS5 in full on youtube attire sets you back 130.000 € is insane.

And to your point, you certainly don't have to be a billionaire. In London the other day, I saw a young guy in an F12 apparently working as a lumberjack according to his full beard on a 21 year old, lumberjack shirt and caterpillar work boots. Surely he's working in foresting no?
PS, he had even painted the car in a color not to dissimilar to a caterpillar forklift to fully capture the theme.

 

Very good point... and with all the "creative financing" options these days, one doesn't even have to be a millionaire...

I know three billionaires, and interestingly, none of them has one bit of interest in cars...

 

The billionaire I know here in San Diego has over 40 cars, 5 houses here in San Diego alone, and 5 planes, no Ferrari's that I'm aware of.

I would not put the 488 into supercar class - Pagani, Koenegsegg, LaFerrari, P1. 918, Bugatti AM 777, and alike yes those all run over $1 large buck

 

In todays lexicon, the cars you mention are hypercars, the F12 is a supercar and the 488 is a nice car

 

Always the same discussion about symantics .... boring !