Supercars

Low cost sleeper supercars

There's plenty of older cars with supercar potential. When the need for another car in your life is nearing anyway, just do your homework about the best sleeper candidates which might be available to you on the used market, then go shopping!

I'm talking here about used cars which were (when new) perhaps the low end of a sports car line, or around the mid-range performance-wise of a pony car or muscle car-- and a decent handler on curves, too.

Such cars as these can usually be relatively easily and cheaply boosted performance-wise with various replacement parts from their originally superior cousins, either via the new parts route, or salvaging such items from wrecks.

It's been a long time since I built my own supercar this way. But back then the optimal age range for such a sleeper candidate seemed to be a car at least three years old, but not more than seven or so. That time frame seems to help minimize general costs while still allowing a reasonable amount of life to be left in a given automobile, in terms of most of its original parts, plus the market availability of repair and performance parts for the machine.

Of course, the more you know (or learn) about all these facets of sleeper supercars-- and the more shoe leather and elbow grease you're willing to add to the mix-- the better your final results will be.

Heck: if you study up enough on the subject-- plus enjoy a sufficient bout of good luck-- you may even run across a fantastic deal on a rare, little-known, and hard-to-find model of showroom floor supercar which was lovingly kept garaged and driven only on Sundays to church by a staid old lady its whole life (it's happened before!).

Beyond all that, any personalization or customization you do to your vehicle will be limited more by your imagination than your financial status. So long as you do it largely yourself.

From the ground up

Heck: for that matter you can also start from scratch and build your supercar from the ground up-- something almost no one but fabulously wealthy people usually can do. The main difference between you and them will be where the rich employs a specialty car maker company to do the build, you'll choose a car kit and build it yourself.

Although this might be a bit more expensive than the modified used car route (plus take more time to complete) it could also allow you to end up with even greater performance than the other route-- and more choices in regards to a unique or wild appearance too for your ride.