the least expansive super car?

ImportConvert

All those cars you posted pictures of, and the OP's first picture have some differences.

One, the OP's car uses square "tubing" in the door area.

Two, there are only 2 pieces of said square tubing with no cross-bracing by that door area.

If some dillweed is going to hit you, it will probably be the worst from the side. OP's picture of the "frame" just doesn't inspire confidence in me regarding size-impact.

The NASCAR looks bulletproof, and the GT3 as well, and is based on a frame of sorts. Huge X-bracing (tubular) by the doors. Like. The Zonda, well, your pictures didn't show this:
Those seats are sitting low and behind some serious frame protection from the sides. Again, very awesome.

All are much better than 2 pieces of squared steel "tubing" that have no crossbracing anywhere near the impact point that worries me most (driver/passenger door).

I am not denying that tube chassis are not the bomb if done right (not as a cost-saver like in OP's photo and what I was referring to), just that I would rather have a 6" hydroformed steel or aluminum chassis rather than a small square tube between me and a T-bone incident.

The car the OP posted and the Zonda, GT3, and NASCAR aren't even in the same league--and that was the point the OP was making. The car they posted was the least expensive "Supercar" to be had. The structure of it just doesn't inspire my confidence. Glad you all like it, though. I would rather have a perimeter frame car, or properly built tube chassis car like the others pictured.

Red__Zed

Yeah, you know I'm totally worried about getting t-boned when I hit the track.

ImportConvert

Are we talking about a "supercar" or a track slut?

Red__Zed

The whole point of a car like this is track use.

Isamu

that's why I would get it.. tho the occasional jaunt to a fancy resturant to pick up mad bitchs would be in order

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Red__Zed

Haha, true. It's not like it is any less safe than a motorcycle.

ChrisSlicks

I race with a good number of the Factory Five cars, mostly the Challenge cars, a few mk 4's and a Daytona Coupe (it's a local company here). These are all designed around Ford engines and drivetrain and are an economical way to build a reliable track car that can take a pounding. These cars race wheel to wheel in the Challenge series, so crashing is a fact of life. From all the accidents I've seen these cars hold up very well.

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