Classic car specialist Paul Jolly’s supercar review

This is the fourth and concluding part of the series of my annual review, this time featuring Supercars.

Mercedes E36 AMG 

This is the W124 Merc you have never heard of with 272bhp from a race derived 3.6 in line six. Only 200 were made and will only be in collections. Expect to pay over £50,000 should one ever become available. 

Nissan Skyline R33 GTS

Owners of these high performers are not like other motorists. They have far too much testosterone, are out looking for a fight and should be avoided at all costs. Never look them twice in the eye. Unashamedly aggressive, they are out for a race.

I came across one such car recently and I was tramping on myself albeit in a modest E Class Mercedes. But I had dared to come too close to his airspace and got the benefit of his full-fat, titanium sports exhaust blasting out a zillion horsepower as he rocketed into the distance yelling ‘beat that sucker, sniff my diff’. Modesty was never on the options list with these. 

Honda NSX

Ayrton Senna helped develop this supercar and owned three of them. If one ever comes you way with A.Senna in the log book, grab it quick.

Porsche 911 Turbo 964

These seem to be defying all the rules and just going up in desirability and value despite the 993 Turbo actually being a better car. Earlier 930 Turbos were known as the ‘Widow Maker’ due to prodigious poke coming in suddenly after massive turbo lag which caught many an inexperienced driver out and spun him straight to the scene of the accident and into the afterlife. 

McLaren F1

I had the honour to have been bought a pint by Bruce McLaren at Monza in 1969 and it is fitting that this car is dedicated to his memory.

It holds many records including the first type approved road car made by a F1 team and the last Sportscar to win 24hrs Le Mans outright. It was also the fastest production car at the time with 240mph being achieved. Uniquely, it was its very road going drivability that set it apart from other supercars. I’ll drink to that. Cheers.