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Originally Posted by chrisl
So the car that currently holds second place out of every single production car that Motor Trend has had around Laguna Seca (beating out such cars as the Porsche 911 GT3, the Ferrari 458, and the McLaren MP4-12C) isn't a sports car?
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Right, it arguably isn't, at according to the traditional definition. Cars like the WRX, Evo, Mustang can also put down good lap times, and also are not sports cars.
Americans especially seem to like to use the term "sports car" for anything high performance/high HP.