Editing Supercar (section)

=== North America ===
{{see also|Muscle car#Supercars}}
[[File:2018 Ford GT.jpg|thumb|2018 [[Ford GT]]]]

During the 1960s, the highest-performance versions of American [[muscle car]]s were referred to as supercars.<ref name="Harless">{{cite book |last=Harless |first=Robert |title=Horsepower War: Our Way of Life |year=2004 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=978-0-595-30296-3 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1smsFpLmtIoC |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gunnell |first=John |title=Standard Guide to American Muscle Cars: A Supercar Source Book, 1960–2000 |year=2001 |publisher=Krause |isbn=978-0873492621 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_g3CKLbpgHUC&q=Original+muscle+cars+were+called+supercars |quote=The term muscle car wasn't heard much hack when these vehicles were first hitting the market. In those days, the enthusiast magazines favored the term supercar. |access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref>{{refpage|page=8}} The description was sometimes spelled with a capital S.<ref>{{cite web|last=Severson |first=Aaron |title=Super-iority: Defining the Supercar and Muscle Car |url= https://ateupwithmotor.com/terms-technology-definitions/supercar-muscle-car/ |website=ateupwithmotor.com |date=27 July 2009|quote=what we now think of as muscle cars were more commonly called "Supercars," often (though not always) spelled with a capital S. |access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> Its use reflected the intense competition for primacy in that market segment between U.S. manufacturers, retroactively characterized as the "horsepower wars".<ref name="Harless"/>{{refpage|page=8}} Already by 1965 the May issue of the American magazine ''Car Life'' included multiple references to supercars and "the supercar club",<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Rambler Scrambler |magazine=Car Life |volume=16 |pages=33–36 |year=1969 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UvY6AAAAMAAJ&q=Supercar+Rambler+Scrambler |access-date=11 September 2014}}</ref> and a 1968 issue of ''Car & Driver'' magazine describes a "Supercar street racer gang" market segment.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Rambler Scrambler |magazine=Car and Driver |volume=14 |page=84 |year=1968}}</ref> The "S/C" in the model name of the [[Rambler_American#SC/Rambler|AMC S/C Rambler]] produced in 1969 as a street-legal racer is an abbreviation for "SuperCar".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lyons |first1=Dan |last2=Scott |first2=Jason |title=Muscle Car Milestones |publisher=MotorBooks/MBI |year=2004 |page=89 |isbn=978-0-7603-0615-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=eQK68tbpAVIC&q=the+SC+stood+for+SuperCar&pg=PA89 |access-date=11 September 2014}}</ref>

Since the decline of the muscle car in the 1970s, the word supercar has been more broadly internationalized, coming to mean an "exotic" car that has high performance;<ref name="Harless"/>{{refpage|page=5}} interpretations of the term span from limited-production models produced by small manufacturers for performance enthusiasts to (less frequently) standard production cars modified for exceptional performance.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cheetham |first=Craig |title=Supercars |publisher=MotorBooks/MBI |year=2006 |page=6 |isbn=978-0-7603-2565-0 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=PDaDC1BAKZQC&q=Supercar+Cheetham}}</ref>

The 1990s and 2000s saw a rise in American supercars with similar characteristics to their European counterparts.<ref>{{cite web |date=2009-03-01 |title=2009-2010 Supercar Showdown! |url= https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a15144147/corvette-zr1-vs-sl65-amg-black-series-murcielago-lp640-viper-srt10-comparison-test/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |work=Car and Driver}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2020-07-15 |title=Tested: 1990 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 |url= https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a15141952/1990-chevrolet-corvette-zr-1-archived-test-review/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |work=Car and Driver}}</ref> Some American "Big Three" (i.e. General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford, the historic leaders of America's Detroit-based auto-industry) sports cars which have been referred to as supercars include contemporary [[Chevrolet Corvette]]s,<ref>{{cite web |last=Edward |first=Kyle |title=2023 Corvette Z06 Is America's Supercar Hero |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/kyleedward/2022/10/26/2023-corvette-z06-is-americas-supercar-hero/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |work=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |date=2021-10-26 |title=2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Elevates the American Supercar |url= https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2021/oct/1026-corvette-z06.html |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=media.gm.com}}</ref> the [[Dodge Viper]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Kennedy |first=George |date=May 18, 2022 |title=Dodge Viper: America's Exotic Car |url= https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/features/dodge-viper-profile |access-date=April 17, 2023 |work=US News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Snavely |first=Brent |title=Dodge Viper supercar being killed off -- again |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/06/21/dodge-viper-supercar-being-killed-off----again/86200822/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |work=USA Today}}</ref> and the [[Ford GT]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Ross |first=Robert |date=2022-01-10 |title=Car of the Week: A 2005 Ford GT, the First Modern American Supercar, Is Heading to Auction |url= https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/gooding-and-company-2005-ford-gt-online-auction-1234656758/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |work=Robb Report}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=DeBord |first=Matthew |title=The Ford GT sets a new standard for American supercars |url= https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-gt-review-pictures-2017-6 |access-date=2023-04-17 |work=Business Insider}}</ref> Supercars made by smaller American manufacturers include the [[Saleen S7]], [[SSC Ultimate Aero]], [[SSC Tuatara]], [[Hennessey Venom GT]], and [[Hennessey Venom F5]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Gregory |date=2007-08-01 |title=Feature: The Saleen Solution |url= https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/feature-the-saleen-solution-239048/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |work=Robb Report}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Charlton |first=Alistair |date=2023-01-02 |title=The SSC Ultimate Aero Is The Underrated American Supercar Everyone Forgot Existed |url= https://www.slashgear.com/1153561/the-ssc-ultimate-aero-is-the-underrated-american-supercar-everyone-forgot-existed/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |work=SlashGear}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McC |first1=James |last2=less |date=2022-05-25 |title=SSC Tuatara Sets New Production Car Speed Record of 295 MPH |url= https://www.newsweek.com/ssc-tuatara-sets-new-production-car-speed-record-295-mph-1710080 |access-date=2023-04-17 |work=Newsweek}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Reyes |first=Alvin |date=2022-05-03 |title=Why You'll Hardly Find Any Hennessey Venom GTs On The Road |url= https://www.slashgear.com/851087/why-youll-hardly-find-any-hennessey-venom-gts-on-the-road/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |work=SlashGear}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Silvestro |first=Brian |date=2022-08-18 |title=The Venom F5 Roadster Is a Drop-Top Hennessey Says Can Eclipse 300 MPH |url= https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40930355/hennessey-venom-f5-roadster/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |work=Road & Track}}</ref>