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      A sports car is a car intended to be used for sporting purposes, like a sporting rifle. The exact sport doesn’t need to be specified, because you can use it for several different kinds of sport.

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          2 months ago

          Well, LaCrosse, apparently… for Buick anyway.

          (Ok ok so it’s not a sports-car, but it IS a sports car ~_^)

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          Would you claim the second an athlete leaves the field they’re no longer an athlete?

          “Sports” cars are tuned towards their racing counterparts. Auto racing is a sport. We don’t know if that owner does autocross, probably not, but that is classified as a Sports Car regardless of anything else.

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      2 months ago

      Motorsport. If break dance can be a sport why not this?

      What term would you want to use for a fast, light, high performance vehicle instead?

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        Inefficient glass cannons