For as long as we’ve had the automobile, we’ve had the impulse to not just go fast, but more specifically, faster than the next person. And from humble beginnings — often two drunk, soot-covered aristocrats trying not to blow themselves up with a steam boiler — we know have a proliferation of modern sports cars, ranging from the spartan Mazda MX-5 Miata, with less power than a Toyota RAV4, to meticulously constructed V12 monsters that cost more than your
