These Iconic Supercars Could All Be Bested By Regular Traffic In 2026

By Ryan Hirons

We can all agree that we’ve become a little desensitized to acceleration figures. In a world where a Porsche Taycan Turbo S can crack 0–60 mph in 2.3 seconds and even a Tesla Model 3 Performance can go sub-3, it’s easy to write a car off as ‘slow’ if it’s incapable of a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it run off the line.

Yet, so many of the great supercars of the modern era would struggle to keep up with both of those cars and many more modern performance-focused EV and combustion-powered vehicles today. At least up to legal speeds. Here are 10 famous supercars that, by today’s standards, would be written off as ‘slow’.

Note

All the supercars featured here are iconic examples of the segment, but all cannot crack the 60 mph in sub-three-seconds, meaning they could easily be outwitted from a standing start by a BMW M4 Competition, or Performance-trim Tesla. Entries are ranked according to their acceleration times, with the fastest appearing first.

2003 Ferrari Enzo

Putting the company founder’s name on a car is a real statement of intent, and even moreso when that company is Ferrari. Introduced as its flagship F-series model in 2002, the Ferrari Enzo (or officially speaking, the Enzo Ferrari) had every technology the Italian manufacturer had in its stable thrown at it. That included a full carbon fiber body, active aerodynamics, and an F1-derived automated manual gearbox for lightning-quick gear changes.

Yet despite all that cutting-edge tech and its legendary Tipo V12, the Enzo would struggle to beat the 0-60mph run against the ‘entry-level’ Ferrari Amalfi today. That hasn’t impacted the allure of the Enzo, however, with values north of $3.6m today.

1992 McLaren F1

Yes, once officially the world’s fastest car, with a recorded top speed of 240mph in 1998, the McLaren F1 would be beaten to 60mph by sub-$100k electric cars easily today. That is assuming you’re both talented enough to launch this manual legend effectively, and also brave enough, given values often exceed $20m today, with just 106 built.

Who cares about that, though? The McLaren F1 is lauded as one of the greatest driver’s cars of all time, with its top speed record a happy coincidence of designer Gordon Murray’s goal of creating the ultimate no-compromise supercar. Even today, it remains the world’s fastest naturally-aspirated car thanks to its BMW V12 engine, a record that almost certainly will never be beaten.

1994 Bugatti EB110 SS

Before Volkswagen bought Bugatti in 1998 and set about creating the incredible Veyron, the French brand (albeit functionally Italian at this stage) was busy trying to fight off bankruptcy throughout the ‘90s with the remarkable EB110. The EB110 in its fastest SS form briefly held the title as the world’s fastest car before the McLaren F1 came along, and had some space-age engineering for the standards of the time.

A quad-turbocharged V12 was its wildest feature, and it also used an all-wheel drive system at a time when the technology was only really just being cemented as viable in high-end performance cars. It’s comparatively ancient to the current crop of top-end performance cars, but we’d take a ride in the EB110 over pretty much anything on sale today.

2004 Porsche Carrera GT

With its motorsport-derived, iconic V10 engine, a six-speed manual gearbox, and jaw-dropping looks, the Porsche Carrera GT looks, sounds, and feels properly fast. Yet, it’ll now be out-accelerated comfortably by most variations of the 911, the Cayman GT4 RS, and even the Macan Electric Turbo. Despite that, it’s still considered the holy grail in the realms of Porsche supercars, even compared with the 918 Spyder that followed on from the Carrera GT a decade later.

It came packed with impressive technology like its carbon fiber monocoque chassis and active rear wing with a driver-focused experience, yet never insulated the driver from the experience, highlighted by its difficult to master but rewarding carbon ceramic clutch.

2012 Aston Martin One-77

Although Aston Martin has now firmly established itself in the high-end hyper and supercar game with the Valkyrie and Valhalla, the manufacturer had previously never really aimed to chase the upper echelons of the automotive sphere. Rather, it focused on luxurious but still somewhat obtainable sports cars and grand tourers.

That went out of the window in 2009 with the beautiful Aston Martin One-77, a front-engine hypercar with a monstrous Cosworth V12 under the bonnet, claimed as the most powerful production naturally-aspirated engine upon its introduction. Today, though, the Vantage Roadster can keep up with it off the line and for much of the road beyond that, too. Given the keys to both, we know which we’d rather take.

Sources: Hagerty

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