The speed is basically an excuse for an expensive car. Due to reasons (which I don't want to delve into) there are people who can and want to spend an absurd am

The speed is basically an excuse for an expensive car. Due to reasons (which I don't want to delve into) there are people who can and want to spend an absurd amount of money on a car, but if you just give them a perfectly fine people mover with more "gold and eagles" (sorry for the futurama reference), they'd feel ripped off. The car has to offer something that a less expensive car can't and that's where paper speed comes in. Even perfectly irrational purchases require some element of rationality. PS: if you just want the joy of speed, the fix is not a faster car but a vehicle that allows you to experience the speed better, one that isolates you less from the road. A light roadster, a motorcycle, a roadbike (quite a few people actually "graduate" from a motorcycle to a roadbike because perceived speed is higher in lycra and with legs doubling as shock absorbers)