27 Awesome 1990s Supercars We Totally Forgot Existed

27 Awesome 1990s Supercars We Totally Forgot Existed
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This is the second post in a series highlighting the fabulous cars of the 1990s. While our first post ranked the best supercars of the ‘90s, in this post we curate the forgotten supercars of the 1990s.

There are cars that we were promised that never materialized. There were cars that were delivered that disappointed and we pushed them out of our collective memories. There were bright spots too, 90s supercars that were unique and awesome but history forgot them because they were way too rare.

The 1980s saw a lot of entrepreneurs announce new supercar companies. Each was ready to deliver the ultimate car for the rich yuppies that flooded cities like New York, Tokyo and London. The market crash of 1987 and the following 1990-91 recession in America dampened their spirits. Ultimately, the recession proved to be one of the smallest and shortest in the modern era and the economy returned to 1980s level growth by 1993. Some of these new carmakers made it through the storm while others did not. The result was a lot of stillborn supercars that we anticipated but never saw beyond a sole prototype or ambitious press release.

Major manufacturers were not immune to these tough times either. Many of the forgotten supercars of the 1990s were successfully developed and were released into a supercar market that had cooled significantly. Moving units was harder than expected. These were some cracking cars, it just would have been awesome to see more of them sold so we didn’t forget them all these years later.

Speaking of small quantities, there are other rare supercars of the era that we don’t remember because there were literally only a handful ever made on purpose. Homologation rules of the mid-1990s were designed for a new GT racing series (itself a response to the heavy shift towards expensive prototype cars in the 1980s). It was ultimately killed off in 1998 by manufacturers getting too good at interpreting the rules but it did lead to some of the rarest, most batshit-crazy cars ever.

Source: supercars.net

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1990s Supercars We Totally Forgot Existed:

1999 Mercedes-Benz SL 73 AMG
1996 Ferrari F50 GT
1992 Yamaha OX99-11
1998 Aston Martin V8 Vantage V600
1990 Maserati Shamal
1997 De Tomaso Guarà Spyder
1990 Jaguar XJR-15
1992 Ferrari 456 GT
1994 Cizeta V16T
1997 Lotus Elise GT1 Road Car
1999 Lister Storm GT
1997 Marcos LM600
1996 Ferrari 550 Maranello
1994 Venturi 400 GT
1999 TVR Cerbera Speed 12
1991 Koenig C62
1991 Ferrari 512 TR
1990 De Tomaso Pantera GT5-S
1991 Callaway Super Speedster LM
1991 Venturi Coupé 260 Atlantique
1991 Koenig-Specials F48
1997 Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Road Car
1990 Aston Martin Virage
1993 Lotus Esprit Sport 300
1994 Jaguar XJ220S by TWR
1991 Vector W8
1991 Vector M12