Top 10 best supercars for 2024: driven and ranked
Very few cars inspire the kind of instant, childish, gleeful excitement that the best supercars do.
The term ‘supercar’ has become a little fluid over the last few years, but essentially they aim to combine exotic and singularly purposeful looks, with kidney-crushing performance and physics-testing handling, at a slightly more attainable price.
The route to outright performance has changed over the years too, with everything from pure ICE machines to plug-in hybrids in the mix. There’s also still a surprisingly wide array of engine layouts, as turbo V6s jostle with atom V10s and flat-crank V8s for combustive supremacy.
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Even so, to take top honours in this class a contender will have to demonstrate a remarkable breadth of ability; because unlike the even more focussed hypercars, these models have to be able to cope with day-to-day duties, with owners often keen to use their purchases for more than just high-days and holidays.
Read on, then, as we reveal the best supercars on sale in the UK today.
1. Porsche 911 S/T
Pros Capable of offering that easy-going charm missing from the GT3One of the finest engines out thereHas all the usability of the regular car Cons Limited in numberSubstantial road roarGood luck getting one at list price…
Best for: driving pleasure
Most Porsche 911 variants are excellent to drive, but the Porsche 911 S/T took things to a whole new level.
Developed by Porsche’s GT division, the S/T is one of the brand’s most scintillating machines so far. It’s an utterly magic 911, and quite possibly the greatest ever.
Powered by a 4.0-litre flat six, (a masterpiece, in our view), the S/T unleashes 518bhp in the most slick of fashions. It’ll go on to hit 0-62mph in 3.7sec.
Thanks to a host of chassis and suspension changes, the 911 S/T is one of the sweetest road-going cars of its era, with accurate and responsive handling that befits even the roughest of UK roads. It’s comfortable too, if a bit noisy.
Just 1963 units will ever be built of the 911 S/T, which was launched as part of the famous moniker’s 60th birthday back in 2023.
It’s a remarkably exclusive car, with an initial list price of £231,600. That said, you’ll probably spend closer to double that if you want one. Used examples commanding a price of nearly £500,000.
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2. Ferrari 296 GTB
Pros Electrified V6 is almost vice-freeConfidence inspiring handlingComfortable over distance Cons Expensive, given it’s the entry mid-engined FerrariLacklustre cockpit layoutInfotainment controls lack fine-tuning
Best for: distance driving
A few Ferrari fans fretted over the demise of the old F8 Tributo, the last pure ICE mid-engined machine to bear the prancing horse badge. Many thought a plug-in hybrid Ferrari would be a soulless shadow of its predecessor.
They were wrong. The Ferrari 296 GTB is sensationally well executed and goes straight to the top of the supercar charts.
At the heart of the car is a new twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre V6 engine mated to a 164bhp electric motor to deliver a staggering combined total of 819bhp – in what’s essentially ‘mid-ranking’ Ferrari.
Performance is relentlessly, savagely sensational, plus it will also crack a claimed 15.5 miles of electric-only range.
What’s more remarkable is that Ferrari has managed to make a car with this much power and performance potential feel so approachable and engaging.
It’s a remarkable supercar and one that shows that increasing levels of electrification don’t necessarily mean diminishing driver rewards.
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3. Lamborghini Revuelto
Pros Adds electrification while keeping the wonderful V12Natural and intuitive track handlingDecent cabin space and touring practicality Cons £450k departure priceMuted stylingIt’s sold out until 2026…
Best for: V12 thrills
Lamborghini finally confronted the age of electrified supercars with the Revuelto: the inheritor of the fabled line of the Miura, Countach and Diablo.
While rivals shrink and turbocharge their engines to suit their new purposes, somehow the boffins at Sant’Agata kept a wonderful, free-revving, atmospheric V12 engine as part of the Revuelto’s mechanical recipe. Because, well… would a big Lambo be a big Lambo without one?
The Revuelto features the most innovative, rigid, lightweight carbon fibre spaceframe-cum-monocoque chassis that Lamborghini has ever designed, using it to offset the weight of three electric motors and a lithium-ion drive battery.
In total, it produces 1001bhp at 9250rpm and can hit 0-62mph from rest in just 2.5sec and will go on to a top speed of 217mph.
At 1800kg, it’s a heavy supercar, but its handling is bolstered by the technology behind its electric motors. It will simply go right where you’re pointing it, as it screams away at real pace and stratospheric revs. Overall, the Revuelto is a deeply impressive feat of engineering.
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4. McLaren Artura
Pros Efficient mechanical packaging and effective lightweight designEntertains as brilliantly on road as racetrackPoised, tactile, absorbing handling Cons Doesn’t quite ride as well as its predecessorLacks knockout pace compared with someReliability concerns
Best for: handling
A lot is resting on the success of the McLaren Artura, which is arguably the brand’s first clean-sheet design for more than a decade.
Immediately from launch, it was clear it meant business. It shares almost nothing with its myriad predecessors, all of which were related in one way or another.
It utilises a completely new carbon fibre structure and electrical architecture, plus a new twin-turbocharged 3.5-litre V6 engine, which is mated to a 95bhp electric motor.
The Artura’s set-up has been designed to be as light as possible, with motor and battery coming in at just 130kg, meaning the car dips under 1500kg all in. It also claims 19 miles of pure-EV running.
Overall, it produces 671bhp, which allows the Artura to sprint from 0-62mph in 3.2sec and from 0-100mph in 6.3sec.
Meanwhile, its chassis delivers plenty in the way of driver engagement and dynamic excellence.
The brand has persisted with its hydraulic steering set-up, which means few rivals are able to offer such crisp communication to your fingertips, while it corners flat and fast with superb body control.
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5. Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato
Pros V10 engine is a rare and special thingA fitting finale for the HuracánHugely entertaining Cons Very loudPoor luggage spaceCramped interior
Best for: versatility
The Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato is the last and perhaps most entertaining variant of the company’s staple supercar – and that’s no mean feat.
It’s based on a regular 4WD Huracán coupé but has been raised by 44mm and given 25% softer springs and an additional 35% (front) and 25% (rear) suspension travel. The track is 30mm (front) and 34mm (rear) wider and the wheelbase is 9mm longer.
It’s clad in rugged plastic exterior trim, which you’ll need when you take this stunning supercar off-road. It’s certainly not the most subtle car in the world, and that naturally aspirated 5.2-litre V10 – Lamborghini’s last – is as sweet as ever.
On its off-road tyres, the Sterrato has a relaxed, easy and absorbent gait to its ride that’s slightly at odds with the sharpness of the 602bhp engine and quick seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.
If it wasn’t so loud, there’s no question that the Sterrato is the Huracan of choice if you were to choose one as a daily driver. Its ride is immaculate, and it’s well isolated, going against the image sent forward by its uncarpeted floors and unupholstered door cars.
Now – let’s talk about the Sterrato’s offroad ability. On loose surfaces, it feels incredibly natural. Driving this supercar on dirt and gravel is as easy as driving it on road, and frankly, intoxicating. It’s no wonder we voted it 2024’s Best Drivers Car.
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6. McLaren 750S
Pros A featherweight among increasingly tubby rivalsTruly sensational performance, with sharpened handlingStill rides confoundedly well on the road, with real GT ability Cons Boosty twin-turbo V8 is exciting but still lacks flareStyling perhaps not evolved enough over the 720SNot much else, really…
Best for: all-round ability
McLaren hit spectacular form when it launched the 720S in 2017. It showed that an unrelenting focus on stunning performance made usable could yield class-leading results.
Be in no doubt – this was the best and most accomplished supercar on the planet for some considerable time. Not the most exciting, perhaps; not the most outrageous, either. Just the best.
This car spent years in a league of one for its neat cornering balance and taut body control twinned with a fluent, road-appropriate ride; for its superlative ergonomics and visibility; and for its outstanding tactile control feedback and linear responses, rather than class-typical hyped-up steering.
But if the 720S was the supercar of the 2010s perfected, and sweated for every detail, the 750S is… well, it’s broadly the same thing. Wonderful in all the same ways; but existing in the era of the 800-horsepower, electrified plug-in hybrid supercar, something of a particular prospect with a whiff of antiquatedness about it.
When Woking revised this car last year, it tweaked the exterior styling. Engineering-wise, it quickened the car’s steering rack a little here, stiffened some engine mountings there, fitted new dampers and wheels, and a new braking system. But it updated details, rather than making wholesale changes where they weren’t needed.
And the 750S is still sensational to drive – though perhaps not as technically alluring as it once was.
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7. Maserati MC20
Pros Supercar-cum-GT laid-back touring characterStunning looksComfortable Cons Turbo V6 engine doesn’t sound like a true greaSteering doesn’t communicate as clearly as rivalsLess dramatic than rivals from Lambo’ and Ferrari
Best for: agility
There was a point not that long ago when many were thinking that Maserati was ready to be read the last rites. The Italian brand had become a shadow of its former self, with the lacklustre Ghibli and Quattroporte saloons propped up by the characterful but aging GT models.
Then, out of nowhere, it launched the sensational MC20, a supercar straight out of the top drawer. Rumoured to have started its development as an Alfa Romeo before Maserati took the reins, the Italian machine ticks all the mid-engined exotic boxes.
For starters, there’s a carbonfibre tub, double-wishbone suspension all-round and an all-new twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre V6 engine that musters 621bhp. It’s good for 0-62mph in 2.9sec and will top out at 202mph, even if it can’t match the aural theatrics of a Lamborghini V10 or a Ferrari V8.
Yet while the performance is on point in this company, it’s the way the MC20 deals with the bits between the straights that marks it out as something a bit special.
It weighs the right side of 1500kg for starters, which in combination with the quick steering delivers the sort of agility usually reserved for fleeing gazelles.
It’s perhaps not as communicative as a McLaren or quite as quick-witted as the Ferrari 296 GTB, but it’s not far off, and it combines this cornering dynamism with ride quality that makes it genuinely easy to live with.
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8. Porsche 911 GT3 RS
Pros Most ambitious track-going 911 to dateRace car downforce and superbly wrought cabinAllows the driver to fully attack both roads and circuits with confidence Cons Should be lighter than the regular 911 GT3 Any vestiges of GT3 practicality have been sacrificed for downforceYou’ll probably struggle to get your hands on one
Best for: track days
We thought the regular Porsche 911 GT3 was excellent, and then came the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
With 518bhp and 343lb ft, the GT3 RS is a stunning technical achievement with a blistering pace that will see it sprint from 0-62mph in 3.2sec.
That huge swan-neck wing, which measures 6ft wide, provides three times more downforce than the regular GT3. It’s the key to the GT3 RS’s blistering performance, along with new damper and differential controls.
To support its sheer pace, the GT3 RS also features exceptional brakes, meaning it can come to a standstill from 70mph in just 38.8m. It almost matches lighter, more aero-focused cars like the Dallara Stradale and the McLaren Senna.
Make no mistake: this is a five-star car for track-day fans, and almost perfect for everyone else.
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9. Ferrari SF90 Stradale and SF90 XX Stradale
Pros Outrageously fastStaggering braking stability and cornering potentialFirst-class integration of electric and petrol power Cons Hybrid system still doesn’t deliver perfect limit handling balanceEye-poppingly expensiveBigger, wider and heavier than a typical V8 Ferrari
Best for: devastating performance
This successor of sorts to the LaFerrari hypercar is the most powerful road car in Ferrari’s history; or, at least, it was until the even more powerful XX version came along in 2023, which has now set the quickest lap time for a production car around the firm’s Fiorano test track.
It’s also a plug-in hybrid that can travel for up to 15 miles on electricity alone.
The SF90 Stradale is a very different kind of Ferrari, then. It makes use of a heavily reworked version of the 488 Pista’s twin-turbocharged 3.9-litre V8 engine, which is complemented by a trio of electric motors that raise the Ferrari’s total power output to a staggering 986bhp, allowing for a 0-62mph time of 2.5sec.
Despite the additional weight that the powertrain brings, it’s still just as grippy and devastatingly quick as you would expect a mid-engined Ferrari to be.
That said, the SF90 Stradale is a car that demands respect and concentration when exploring the area between grip and slip.
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10. Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Pros V8 engine is a pin-sharp, free-revving mechanical delightQuite good value compared with most cars in this list…High octane performance enhancements available Cons Feels its weight when you drive it really fastLimit handling lacks perfect poiseCheaper than European rivals
Best for: hardcore racing
The uprated Corvette Z06 is a car that has ruffled quite a few feathers in the rarefied atmosphere of the supercar class.
As you’d expect there’s more power than the standard Corvette, with a flat-plane crank 5.5-litre V8 developing a healthy 670bhp, revving to a heady 8500rpm.
It’ll get you from 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds but, more importantly, it sounds the business, bellowing and crackling with the aural excitement of true blue-blood Italian.
With a 30% stiffer suspension set-up than the standard C8, the Z06 dives into corners with zeal, gripping hard and resisting run-wide understeer.
On the road its limits are spectacularly high, while the quick steering engenders the car with the agility of a fleeing gazelle. Yet the adaptive dampers combine supreme control with enough compliance to make the Corvette everyday usable.
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FAQs
What is a supercar?
A supercar is a high-performance car that combines breathtaking performance, class-leading driving dynamics and stunning design. They’re designed for drivers who crave speed and come in a variety of engine layouts, including V8s, V10s, or even high-octane V12s. Supercars are capable of achieving incredible acceleration and top speeds, often combining cutting-edge, motorsport-derived technology, lightweight materials and superb aerodynamics to elevate the driving experience above regular sports cars. Despite all of these desirable features, they’re outpaced by the more exclusive, rare and powerful hypercars, but they still make for fabulous driving machines.
How fast can supercars go?
While there’s no set rule or top speed for supercars, they often reach speeds higher than 200mph, putting them well above the fastest sports cars on sale. It’s not all about straight-line speed though. Supercars are some of the fastest accelerating cars too, with some travelling from 0-62mph in less than four seconds. The fastest can sprint to the same figure in fewer than three seconds.
How much do supercars cost?
Supercars are vastly more expensive than sports cars but don’t often come close to hypercars. They’re certainly not cheap. The most ‘affordable’ (for want of a better word) supercar on this list is the Chevrolet Corvette Z06, which starts from around £150,000 should you spec one for purchase in the UK. Compare that with the most expensive – the Lamborghini Revuelto – and it shows just how broad the gulf in price can be. Others, like the Porsche 911 S/T, are so exclusive that you’ll need to go to exclusive dealers to buy any remaining stock – often for double the original list price, nearing £500,000 for that particular Porsche. Ouch.
Can supercars be driven every day?
While supercars can be driven daily, they are best suited for short drives due to their low ground clearance, stiffer suspension, and limited storage space. They are ideal for weekend drives or special events rather than everyday commuting.