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If you’ve been lucky in life, or just like admiring the most exciting cars on the planet, here’s our list of the best supercars on sale

The word ‘supercar’ has been used in its current sense since the 1960s, with the Lamborghini Miura generally considered to be the first such vehicle. And while no concrete definition of ‘supercar’ has ever been officially adopted, it has been said that a mid-engined two-seater with at least eight cylinders, making 400hp or more and being capable of at least 180mph fits the bill.

Times, naturally, change: the current Ferrari 296 GTB is two cylinders short of the requirements set out above yet is unquestionably a supercar, while the electric Rimac Nevera doesn’t have a single cylinder.

Yet rather than get twisted with categorisation criteria (it would be a tough to make the argument that the four-seat Ferrari GTC4 Lusso is not a supercar), we’ll define the word thus: a supercar should be ridiculously fast, inordinately expensive, of questionably practicality – and utterly desirable.

This last aspect is key: a supercar should make everyone – regardless of whether they are a car enthusiast or not – excited; a passing supercar should make people say ‘countach!’ an Italian exclamation that translates roughly as ‘wow’, and gave its name to one the best-known supercars to ever grace our roads.

Anyway, enough ado: here’s our pick of the best supercars currently on sale.