whats exotic?

[DrKerry]

Exotic is anything I cannot afford...so a VW Jetta is an exotic car LOL. Seriously, there are American exotics as well. Shelby cars are exotic. Ford GTs would be exotic. Certain Corvettes can be exotic. Would a Tesla be an exotic?

Heck if that's the case a Yugo is an exotic for me!!!!! :lol: :lol:

[Shardik]

IMHO, I don't think that Corvettes, Vipers, Shelby Mustangs, and Camaros are priced high enough to fall into the exotic category.

Can I borrow your wallet the next time I go car shopping?

[Aaronw]

Beyond price and performance (which I do think are factors), I think of limited production.

The Lamborghini Countach is one of the cars most people imagine when someone says exotic car, only a handful over 2000 were built over its 16 year production run. A modern Corvette certainly meets the expensive and fast requirements but even in a down economy Chevrolet churns out 10-15,000 Corvettes annually, and in particularly good years the numbers run as high as 40,000 which makes them a bit less exotic. Since these things are rarely black and white something like the Corvette ZR-1 with improved performance, greatly increased price and limited availability (generally only around 1000 / yr) might qualify as an exotic.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Aaronw

[om617]

Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale sums it up for me.

[lordairgtar]

Exotic Car Digest describes “Exotic Car” as: “Any car that the factory built to be unique, fast or purposely built to stand out from the roads full of the ordinary”. Kind of a broad definition, but as anything car related, terms can be wildly debated amongst the cognoscenti. Look at what the term muscle car brings to mind.

Edited January 12, 2014 by lordairgtar

[Mrdarkmonkey96]

I think for a car to be considered erotic it has to be something that when you say hey man I saw a ...... at the gas station yesterday everyone gets excited about. So for a oil baron in dubai, something like a 1 off.. or for a little hick town in Georgia, a camaro zl1 or a viper. To me its more of a look, then a price tag... I mean you can buy a 70, 000 f150 from saleen or roush racing ir what have you but its still just an f150.....

[Jim3]

You could always rat rod a Opel blitz flat bed truck, pole on the flat bed with speakers and some fringe or lace around the bed .lol