Backseat Sportscars
 

Technically a sportscar has only two seats, at least in my opinion. However, I really like the CTS-V, G8, Camaro, Mustang, Challenger and even imports like the Infiniti G Coupe and Lexus IS/ISF. Everytime I consider these cars I think about the mods I would do. Anyway, I get a bit conflicted here. To me, it seems it is either a sportscar and makes sense adding mods or it is not a sportscar and adding mods, particularly performance mods, is kind of like putting a little seat and skinny tires on a beach cruiser and going to the Tour de France.

Can anyone else relate to this feeling? Can anyone offer a school of thought that may enable me to see the logic? I do understand that personal expression is a part of it, but that seems more the aesthetic side than the performance side.

Sorry if this makes no sense...

I agree a sportscar only has two seats. What you are discribing are sport coupes, and there are some fine examples out there. A guy at work just bought a Nissan GT-R. Damn nice car, but it's a sports coupe, not a sportscar.

Yep, lots of names for them, my point is that it just doesn't compute to me. Either it's a sportscar or it's not.

Just my anal logic I think. They are cool cars for sure.

The way I look at it is, the backseats are tolerable, as long as the car itself has only 2 doors. There are tricks you can play on your car like Ford does with the Boss 302. They offer a rear seat delete option where you get this badass huge stiffener shaped like an X where the rear seat would go.

That's a cool option. I like the new Boss 302 a lot! Although, if I were going to order a 2013 Boss 302 with rear seat delete then I think I'd rather just get a 2011 Z06.

Semantics
 

sports car
n.
An automobile equipped for racing, especially an aerodynamically shaped one-passenger or two-passenger vehicle having a low center of gravity and steering and suspension designed for precise control at high speeds.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


sports car
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a production car designed for speed, high acceleration, and manoeuvrability, having a low body and usually adequate seating for only two persons
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003



sports′ car`
n.
a small, high-powered automobile with long, low lines, usu. seating two persons.
[1920–25]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

A "true" sports car is one like mine.

Lol. Yeah, that's a better way of saying what I meant. I just struggle with trying to make a car with a backseat act like the definition of a sportscar.

Absolutely nothing wrong with adding mods to those other cars you mentioned. You can still have a lot of fun with cars that carry more than two passengers. :thumbs:

The one car that does not really fit the definition is the 911. I consider it a true sportscar, but it does have rear seats. No much in the way of seats, but they are still there.

The CTS-V is a nice car. I would take one in a minute !!

It's about compromises. Think about the gearhead who loves to mod but has a family and can only afford one car. If automakers/aftermarket said "well, it wouldn't be a textbook definition sportcar so screw it", then that guy (and many many others) would be SOL. plus, it also makes sense since there is a waaaaay bigger market for such cars, m3/m5/m6,c_amg,e_amg, cl_amg_, cls_amg, mustang, camaro, challenger, gtr, brz/frs, aston martin, porsche 911 all being examples. And modding them definitely isn't useless, I don't think your beach cruiser analogy is quite accurate...

:iagree: Randy I got to take you for a ride in one of the other cars...:rock:

Yeah I agree all those cars are cool and I would want to mod them. I guess I just need to get over the quirk that I have. If I could only afford one of each of them. Problem solved!

Cts v coupe rocks!

The camaro zL1 and z28 tear @SS too...

911 S latest iteration is sharp but not cheap at 100 large..

Nissan GTR is a bad @SS 2 +2 as well if not the prettiest of cars...

If you have 2 kids and need the ability to carry them in a pinch any of these cars mentioned are awesome choices...

Are they "sports cars"? Probably considered sports GT vehicles instead....

I'd be cool with owning any of them

I also liked the CTS. And after I sold my c2, I bought a CTS Sportwagon. Rear wheel drive and 6 speed tap shift automatic. The CTSV will only come stick, and back pain due to clutch is why I sold my c2. Rides like a corvette, low to the ground, and I have yet to see another Sportwagon on the road.took my wife and daughter to FL in it last month and they loved it too.

And not all two seat cars are sports cars..........

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Just traded my 2001 C5 for a 2012 Mustang GT. I love it. Very sporty car but definitely not a sports car. I am currently modding it as well. Put on a mufflerless exhaust last weekend and is somehow louder than the 5.7L LS1. Just bought some Bullitt wheels for it today. Next up tires and lowering springs.

-Alex

That sounds awesome. I like Mustangs also. I'd definitely like to have one in addition to my C5. Enjoy the mods!!!

Thanks. It's a great car. Miss the C5 though but next Corvette in a few years may be a Grandsport.

The Challengers look great but, grossly underpowered for the price, don't like how the Camaros look so the Mustang was my choice.

-Alex