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Originally Posted by Tervuren
It is only because of the delineation of true sports cars that were not street legal that a separate term was needed for street cars capable of similar feats as true sports cars. Hence the term super car, a car capable of being both street legal and top of the day performance.
Prior to the differentiation of non street legal sports cars I had not noticed the term supercar being used in period. I could be wrong on this.
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The word was in use long before your era.
Over history their have been a number of cars that set their rivals in the shade, in terms of performance, cost or exclusivity. The first real game-changer was probably the Countach when it first hit the streets in 1974. It was light years different than the Ferrari's, Lamborghinis and Maseratis that came before it.