Small And Powerful

Really? You Need Me To Tell You Who Made This Iconic Car?

What comes to your mind when you read the words “Supercars”? Not very difficult to figure that, is it? I can guess that in your head you already have the pictures of Lamborghini or Ferrari or Bugatti amongst the list of several other mega brands. Have you ever thought to yourself WHY? Again, going in your head are words like Top speed, Acceleration or the looks. If you’re really into these, you will think of deeper stuff, like its Torque or the heavy tech that those beauties pack. It’s only natural to desire them so. All that power right under your bonnet just waiting to be unleashed by just a slight movement of your right foot. That adrenalin rush that you would feel when you would go from zero to hundred in just over 3 seconds….sure as hell makes me drool.

EVERYBODY wants a supercar. If you think those names up there were too much, then you would probably settle for names like Porsche or Audi. But tell me this, and this is going to sound look weird being even in the same post as the above names, but what have thought of having a Volkswagen or a VW as people like to call it, for a fast car in your city. What if I told you that VW makes pretty fast cars for city driving? Sure, a Lamborghini will fart in its face and Ferrari will make it look like a wart on somebody’s bottom, but let us be practical for a second here. Where in the city are you going to get a chance to let loose the horses under these cars? How bloody irritating will it be to almost stop to a dead still at a speed breaker just to go over it?

Ferrari!!!

Now I know Supercars aren’t the most practical of the lot. In fact, with them, the word “Practicality” is just a small speck in the rear view mirror. They are meant to be respected for the super powerful machines that they are. Sure, they drink up fuel like crazy and you’d be worried about the fact that somebody might ding your car worth crores while you’re sipping a cup of coffee, but there is much more to them. Now as I was saying earlier, what if I told you that a Fiat or a VW or Renault, that you could actually buy would dish out as much fun on the road as much as those big names on the top?

The Renault Megane Sport R26.R

Check out these names for example; the Renault Megane sport R26.R is a car by Renault and can go from 0 to 100kmph in just 6 seconds! Yes, a Gallardo can do that in less than 4 seconds, but a Lamborghini will set you back quite a bit. The Renault on the other hand is at least four times cheaper than the Lamborghini or the Ferraris. Do the math. You take just about 2 seconds longer to accelerate to the hundred and you save more than a crore on the thing. Sounds like a sweet deal. From what I read about the car, it’s pretty peppy too. Small. Can be driven in cities with ease and gives you a nice average to boot. And it doesn’t look all that bad. Sure it isn’t the same as a super car, but you have to admit it does have something in its look which says FAST!

Another one then. Heard of the FORD Focus ST? May not be as fast as the Renault, but this thing is good. It’s damn fast and can apparently do 0 to 100 in 6.5 seconds, and it’s priced as good as he Renault. Plus it seats 5 people. And has a nice boot.   

The VW Sirocco

Now this one particularly interests me. It’s the VW Sirocco. And the best part, it may be up for an Indian release in some time!! And this car looks good! I heard that it will be priced at near about 14 lakh and it’s quite a looker. Yes, you can stereotype the fact that all of them are essentially just expensive and fast hatchbacks, but that’s the point. They are machines which can do your daily chores like dropping your kids to school and it can act like a fast car on track. So do you really need a car with the likes of the Italian sports or the English Aston Martins or Jags?

The point I’m trying to make here is this. People are whimsical about the fact that they would  love to own a fast car but can't cause of the equally super high price. Gone are those times when you would have to be millionaire to afford that kind of action on the street. Now you can get a fast car for much lesser. You might just call these things really expensive hatchbacks, but that's just cause they are. That is also why they are worth their price, because they give you one thing most supercars won't. Practicality. So yeah, if you do have about enough money to buy an expensive saloon but just not enough for a exorbiant supercar, maybe you can give these things a shot. Don't just shrug them off cause they are hatchs and don't have that pricy brand badge. You'd be surprised how many can give those bigboys a run for their money on the roads you actually have to drive on. David does matchup to Goliath here. Oh yes!!